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Issue: Vol. 4459 No. 1: 14 Aug. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-08-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4459.1.10
Page range: 188–192
Abstract views: 70
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Leafhopper genus Nirvana Kirkaldy (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Evacanthinae) newly recorded from Pakistan with description of a new species

Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of the Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi Province 712100, China
Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of the Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi Province 712100, China
Hemiptera Homoptera Auchenorrhyncha taxonomy morphology Pakistan Nirvana spinosa

Abstract

The leafhopper genus Nirvana is reported for the first time from Pakistan based on one new species described here in: Nirvana spinosa sp. nov. Habitus and genital photographic illustrations are provided for the new species.

 

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