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Taxonomic study of the leafhopper genus Agnesiella Dworakowska (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from China, with descriptions of 13 new species

Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi Province, 712100, China.
Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi Province, 712100, China.
Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi Province, 712100, China.
Hemiptera Auchenorrhyncha Typhlocybini morphology taxonomy distribution

Abstract

Thirteen new species of the leafhopper genus Agnesiella Dworakowska, Agnesiella (Agnesiella) protensa, A. (A.) recurve, A. (A.) polita, A. (Draberiella) gaura, A. (D.) longisagittata, A. (D.) eleganta, A. (D.) glabra, A. (D.) exigua, A. (D.) mitrata, A. (D.) apiculata, A. (D.) tridigitata, A. (D.) lata and A. (D.) stipitata spp. nov., are described and illustrated. A. (A.) marginata and A. (D.) irma are recorded from China for the first time. A checklist and key to the species (males) from China in Agnesiella are provided.

 

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