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Issue: Vol. 4521 No. 2: 14 Nov. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-11-13
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4521.2.9
Page range: 281–286
Abstract views: 45
PDF downloaded: 1

A new leafhopper genus of subtribe Paraboloponina (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Drabescini), with description of two new species from Papua New Guinea

Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management, Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum of Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
Department of Entomology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UK
Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management, Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum of Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
Hemiptera Homoptera Auchenorrhyncha taxonomy Pacific West Papua

Abstract

A new leafhopper genus Papuakutara gen. nov. is described from Papua New Guinea, with two new species, P. ficus sp. nov. and P. robustipenis sp. nov. Kutara lucidicosta (Walker, 1870) is transferred to Papuakutara comb. nov. A checklist of the genera in the subtribe Paraboloponina from Papua New Guinea and West Papua and a key for their separation are provided.

 

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