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Issue: Vol. 5706 No. 4: 14 Oct. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-10-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5706.4.5
Page range: 551-570
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Descriptions of new taxa and records of the microleafhopper tribe Alebrini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from China

Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of 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 Ministry of Education; Entomological Museum; College of Plant Protection; Northwest A&F University; Yangling; Shaanxi 712100; China; Shaanxi A&F Technology University; Yangling; Shaanxi 712100; China
Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of 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 Ministry of Education; Entomological Museum; College of Plant Protection; Northwest A&F University; Yangling; Shaanxi 712100; China
Hemiptera Alebrini Typhlocybinae China

Abstract

We describe 5 new genera, 9 new species and 1 new genus record of the tribe Alebrini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from China. Arbelana Anufriev rec. nov. is newly recorded from China based on A. ulmi (Anufriev) rec. nov. Oblongitubus Kang & Zhang gen. nov. is described based on 3 new species, O. linearis Kang & Zhang, O. caligicaudatus Luo & Huang and O. licinicaudatus Luo & Huang spp. nov., with O. linearis Kang & Zhang sp. nov. as type species. Minionia Luo & Huang gen. nov. is described based on type species M. stellicauda Luo & Huang sp. nov. Senebra Kang & Zhang gen. nov. is described based on 2 new species, S. bracteiformis Kang & Zhang and S. scapiformis Kang & Zhang spp. nov., with S. bracteiformis Kang & Zhang sp. nov. as type species. Shulebra Luo & Huang gen. nov. is described based on 2 new species, S. brunnala Luo & Huang and S. furvala Luo & Huang spp. nov., with S. brunnala Luo & Huang sp. nov. as type species. Solabra Luo & Huang gen. nov. is described based on type species S. robusta Luo & Huang sp. nov. We also reinstate placements of 2 species wrongly transferred to Alebra Fieber: Shaddai shaanxiensis Ma and Shaddai xianensis Ma. Detailed descriptions and illustrations and keys to males of the new taxa are provided.

 

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How to Cite

Luo, Y., Kang, J., Zhang, Y. & Huang, M. (2025) Descriptions of new taxa and records of the microleafhopper tribe Alebrini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from China. Zootaxa, 5706 (4), 551–570. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5706.4.5