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Taxonomic review of the leafhopper genus Stirellus Osborn & Ball (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Stenometopiini) from Pakistan with description of a new species

School of Plant Protection, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, Anhui Province 230036, China
College of Life Sciences, Leshan Normal University, Leshan, Sichuan 614004, China
School of Plant Protection, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, Anhui Province 230036, China
Hemiptera Auchenorrhyncha Cicadellidae taxonomy new species Pakistan

Abstract

The leafhopper genus Stirellus Osborn & Ball is revised from Pakistan with the description and illustrations of a new species Stirellus mankiensis Shah & Duan sp. n. and a new record Stirellus tolla n. rec. to Pakistan. A checklist and key for the known species of Stirellus from Pakistan are also given in the present study.

 

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