Skip to main content Skip to main navigation menu Skip to site footer
Responsive image
Issue: Vol. 4193 No. 2: 16 Nov. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-11-15
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4193.2.4
Page range: 266–284
Abstract views: 125
PDF downloaded: 1

Hepneriana Dworakowska (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Erythroneurini), first record from China, with descriptions of eleven new species

Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management, National Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, P. O. Box 55#, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China. Shaanxi Institute of Zoology, No.88 Xing Qing Ave, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710032, China
Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management, National Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, P. O. Box 55#, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China.
Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management, National Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, P. O. Box 55#, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China.
Hemiptera Homoptera Auchenorrhyncha taxonomy morphology

Abstract

A redescription of the erythroneurine leafhopper genus Hepneriana Dworakowska and a key to Chinese species of the genus are provided. Eleven new species, Hepneriana applanata, H. bicruris, H. concava, H. euryaedeaga, H. longa, H. menglunensis, H. paragamma, H. prostrata, H. robusta, H. taibaoensis and H. undulata spp. nov. are described and H. joannae (Dworakowska) is newly recorded from China.

 

References

  1. Ahmed, M. (1971) Studies on the genera and species of tribe Erythroneurini (Cicadellidae, Typhlocybinae) in East Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Zoology, 3 (2), 175–192.

    Dmitriev, D.A. & Dietrich, C.H. (2006) Nomenclatural changes and notes in the tribe Erythroneurini (Homoptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae). Zootaxa, 1120, 35–39.

    Dworakowska, I. (1972) Five new oriental genera of Erythroneurini (Auchenorrhyncha, Cicadellidae, Typhlocybinae). Bulletin de l’Academie Polonaise des Sciences. Serie des Sciences Biologiques, 20 (2), 107–115.

    Dworakowska, I. (1980) On some Typhlocybinae from India (Homoptera, Auchenorrhyncha, Cicadellidae). Entomologische Abhandlungen und Berichte aus dem Staatlichen Museum fur Tierkunde in Dresden, 43 (8), 152–202.

    Dworakowska, I. (1981) On some Typhlocybinae from India, Sri Lanka and Nepal (Homoptera, Auchenorrhyncha, Cicadellidae). Entomologische Abhandlungen und Berichte aus dem Staatlichen Museum fur Tierkunde in Dresden, 44 (8), 152–202.

    Dworakowska, I. (1984) Studies on Typhlocybinae of Malaysia and Singapore (Homoptera, Auchenorrhyncha, Cicadellidae). Reichenbachia, 22 (1), 1–21.

    Dworakowska, I. (1993) Remarks on Alebra Fieb. and Eastern Hemisphere Alerini (Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae). Entomotaxonomia, 15 (2), 91–121.

    Dworakowska, I. (1994) Typhlocybinae (Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae) of Sikkim, a preliminary survey. Folia Entomologica Hungarica, 55, 93–215.

    Dworakowska, I. & Viraktamath, C.A. (1975) On some Typhlocybinae from India (Auchenorrhyncha, Cicadellidae). Bulletin de l’Academie Polonaise des Sciences. Serie des Sciences Biologiques, 23 (8), 521–530.

    Mahmood, S.H. (1967) A study of the typhlocybine genera of the Oriental region (Thailand, the Philippines and adjoining areas). Pacific Insects Monograph, 12, 1–52.

    Sohi, A.S. (1977) New genera and species of Typhlocybinae (Homoptera: Cicadellidae) from North-Western India. Oriental Insects. 11 (3), 347–362.
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00305316.1977.10433815

    Zhang, Y.L. (1990) A Taxonomic Study of Chinese Cicadellidae (Homoptera). Tianze Eldonejo, 218 pp.