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Issue: Vol. 5570 No. 2: 17 Jan. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-01-17
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5570.2.9
Page range: 380-386
Abstract views: 54
PDF downloaded: 5

Description of a new species of the leafhopper genus Mimotettix Matsumura (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
Administration of Guizhou Fodingshan National Nature Reserve; Shiqian; 555100 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

A new leafhopper species: Mimotettix fodingshanensis sp. nov. is described and illustrated from Guizhou Province, China. A checklist and a key to species of the genus from China are provided. The type specimens of the new species are deposited in the Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China (GUGC).

 

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