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Issue: Vol. 4388 No. 4: 6 Mar. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-03-06
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4388.4.4
Page range: 526–536
Abstract views: 70
PDF downloaded: 2

Review of the leafhopper genus Hylica Stål (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Hylicinae) with description of one new species

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 Homoptera Auchenorrhyncha taxonomy morphology

Abstract

The leafhopper genus Hylica Stål is reported from China for the first time with its type species H. paradoxa Stål; the male genitalia and the female ovipositor are described and illustrated for the first time. A new species, H. scutealba sp. n., from India is described and illustrated. A key to species of Hylica is provided. H. paradoxa is also recorded from Laos, Nepal, Thailand and Viet Nam for the first time.

 

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