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Issue: Vol. 5506 No. 2: 6 Sept. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-09-06
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5506.2.10
Page range: 295-300
Abstract views: 134
PDF downloaded: 13

Taxonomy of the leafhopper genus Varicopsella (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Eurymelinae: Macropsini) with description of a new species from Thailand

Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of the Ministry of Education; Entomological Museum; College of Plant Protection; Northwest A&F University; Yangling; Shaanxi 712100; China
Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of the Ministry of Education; Entomological Museum; College of Plant Protection; Northwest A&F University; Yangling; Shaanxi 712100; China
Hemiptera leafhoppers taxonomy morphology checklist

Abstract

The leafhopper genus Varicopsella is reviewed and a new species, Varicopsella cornifera sp. nov., from Thailand is described and illustrated. A species checklist and a key to all known species of Varicopsella are provided.

 

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