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A new species in the grassland leafhopper genus Stirellus Osborn & Ball (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Stenometopiini) from Pakistan

Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management on Crops, Key Laboratory of Biology and Sustainable Management of Plant Diseases and Pests of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, School of Plant Protection, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, Anhui 230036, China.
Department of Entomology, The University of Agriculture Peshawar-Pakistan
College of Life Sciences, Leshan Normal University, Leshan, Sichuan 614004, China
Department of Entomology, The University of Agriculture Peshawar-Pakistan
Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management on Crops, Key Laboratory of Biology and Sustainable Management of Plant Diseases and Pests of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, School of Plant Protection, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, Anhui 230036, China.
Hemiptera Auchenorrhyncha Cicadomorpha new species Pakistan taxonomy

Abstract

A new leafhopper species Stirellus pakistanicus Shah & Duan sp. n. is described from Attock region of the Punjab province of Pakistan. Habitus photos and illustrations of male genitalia of the new species are provided. An updated checklist and a distribution map of the known species of Stirellus from Pakistan are also given.

 

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