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Issue: Vol. 4370 No. 3: 11 Jan. 2018
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2018-01-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4370.3.4
Page range: 267–270
Abstract views: 83
PDF downloaded: 1

Review of the Afrotropical genus Dwightla McKamey (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Selenocephalini) with description of a new species from Nigeria

Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management, Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management, Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
Hemiptera Cicadellidae Deltocephalinae Selenocephalini

Abstract

The Afrotropical leafhopper genus Dwightla previously included five species: D. acutipennis (Linnavuori & Al-Ne’amy), D. alecto (Linnavuori & Al-Ne’amy), D. angolana (Linnavuori & Al-Ne’amy), D. delongi Zahniser & Dietrich and D. hercules (Linnavuori & Al-Ne’amy). A new species, Dwightla medleri sp. nov. from Nigeria, is described and illustrated and a checklist and key to species of this genus are provided.

 

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