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Issue: Vol. 4415 No. 3: 1 May 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-05-01
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4415.3.11
Page range: 591–600
Abstract views: 67
PDF downloaded: 1

Four new species of tribe Coelidiini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Coelidiinae) from the Afrotropical Region

Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, P. R. China
Illinois Natural History Survey, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois, 1816 S Oak St., Champaign, Illinois 61820, USA
Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, P. R. China
Homoptera Auchenorrhyncha leafhoppers taxonomy morphology Africa hemiptera

Abstract

Three new species from Republic of the Congo, Brasura sinistra, B. piscinura and Tialidia hama spp. nov., and one new species Limentinus declinatus sp. nov. from Madagascar are described and illustrated in this paper.

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