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Issue: Vol. 4532 No. 3: 19 Dec. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-12-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4532.3.7
Page range: 434–440
Abstract views: 54
PDF downloaded: 1

First record of the genus Eleazara Distant (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae, Ledrinae) in Malaysia, 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 712100, P.R. China
Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of the Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, P.R. China
Hemiptera Homoptera Auchenorrhyncha leafhoppers morphology taxonomy

Abstract

The genus Eleazara Distant is reported from Malaysia for the first time based on one new species, E. viraktamathi sp. nov. This new species is described and illustrated. A checklist and key to the known species of Eleazara are provided.

 

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