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Issue: Vol. 5857 No. 2: 29 Jul. 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-07-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5857.2.10
Page range: 380-390
Abstract views: 249
PDF downloaded: 15

Six new species of the leafhopper genus Dunioa Dworakowska (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Empoascini) from Oriental and Australian Regions

Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of Ministry of Education; College of Plant Protection; Northwest A&F University; Yangling 712100; Shaanxi; China
Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of Ministry of Education; College of Plant Protection; Northwest A&F University; Yangling 712100; Shaanxi; China; Esco (Shanghai) Enterprise Development Co.; Ltd; Shanghai 200083; China
Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of Ministry of Education; College of Plant Protection; Northwest A&F University; Yangling 712100; Shaanxi; China; School of Agricultural Science; Jiangxi Agricultural University; Nanchang 330045; China
Illinois Natural History Survey; Prairie Research Institute; University of Illinois; 1816 S. Oak St.; Champaign; Illinois 61820; USA
State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas; Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of Ministry of Education; College of Plant Protection; Northwest A&F University; Yangling 712100; Shaanxi; China
Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of Ministry of Education; College of Plant Protection; Northwest A&F University; Yangling 712100; Shaanxi; China
Hemiptera microleafhopper Auchenorrhyncha Empoascini taxonomy

Abstract

Six new species of the genus Dunioa, D. albifacies, D. ammonita, D. bicornis, D. bidigitata, D. trispina and D. uniprocessa spp. nov., are described based on specimens from the border region of the Oriental region and the Australian region. Morphological photos and illustrations of the male genitalia of these species are provided, and a key to all species of Dunioa except D. picturata is also given.

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How to Cite

Wang, R., Wang, Y., Xu, Y., Dietrich, C.H., Cao, Y. & Qin, D. (2026) Six new species of the leafhopper genus Dunioa Dworakowska (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Empoascini) from Oriental and Australian Regions. Zootaxa, 5857 (2), 380–390. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5857.2.10