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Issue: Vol. 4894 No. 2: 9 Dec. 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-12-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4894.2.4
Page range: 247–260
Abstract views: 68
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First Description of Adult Males of Four Species of the Treehopper genus Tricentrus Stål from China (Hemiptera, Membracidae, Centrotinae, Tricentrini)

Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, 550025, China The Provincial Special Key Laboratory for Development and Utilization of Insect Resources of Guizhou, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, 550025, China
Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, 550025, China The Provincial Special Key Laboratory for Development and Utilization of Insect Resources of Guizhou, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, 550025, China
Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, 550025, China College of Animal Science, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, 550025, China
Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, 550025, China College of Animal Science, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, 550025, China
Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, 550025, China The Provincial Special Key Laboratory for Development and Utilization of Insect Resources of Guizhou, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, 550025, China
Hemiptera Auchenorrhyncha Cicadomorpha morphology redescrption

Abstract

Adult males are described and illustrated for the first time for four Chinese species of the treehopper genus Tricentrus previously known only from females: T. albipennis Kato, 1930, T. floripinnae Yuan & Cui, 1987, T. foliocornatus, Yuan & Fan, 2002 and T. oedothorectoidis Yuan & Fan, 2002.

 

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