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Issue: Vol. 5551 No. 2: 12 Dec. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-12-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5551.2.10
Page range: 394-400
Abstract views: 135
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Description of two new species of the genus Scaphomonus Viraktamath, 2009 (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from China

Institute of Entomology; Guizhou University; The Provincial Special Key Laboratory for Development and Utilization of Insect Resources; Guizhou University; Guiyang; 550025 P. R. China
Institute of Entomology; Guizhou University; The Provincial Special Key Laboratory for Development and Utilization of Insect Resources; Guizhou University; Guiyang; 550025 P. R. China
Hemiptera Homoptera morphology taxonomy distribution

Abstract

Two new leafhopper species: Scaphomonus digitatus sp. nov. and S. sinuatus sp. nov. are described and illustrated from Yunnan Province, China. A key to the Chinese species of the genus is given. The type specimens of the new species are deposited in the Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China (GUGC).

 

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