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Issue: Vol. 4291 No. 1: 11 Jul. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-07-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4291.1.2
Page range: 34–40
Abstract views: 46
PDF downloaded: 1

Philippogalla, a new genus for Philipposcopus modestus (Baker) from the Philippines, and a new species of Philipposcopus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Idiocerinae) from China

Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management, Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
USDA/ARS Systematic Entomology Laboratory, c/o National Museum of Natural History, MRC-168, 10th and Constitution Ave., Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, USA
Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management, Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
Hemiptera Cicadellidae Idiocerinae

Abstract

A new genus of Idiocerinae, Philippogalla gen. nov., is described and illustrated based on Philipposcopus modestus (Baker) from the Philippines. A lectotype is designated for P. modestus. In addition, a new species Philipposcopus processus sp. nov. is described and illustrated from China.

 

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