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Issue: Vol. 2803 No. 1: 29 Mar. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-03-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2803.1.3
Page range: 32–40
Abstract views: 45
PDF downloaded: 5

The planthopper genus Epora Walker (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Tropiduchidae) from China with description of one new species

Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, P.R. China
Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, P.R. China
Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, P.R. China
Hemiptera Fulgoromorpha Epora new species taxonomy China

Abstract

The three Chinese species of the tropiduchid genus Epora Walker are revised, including one new species, E. biprolata sp. nov. from Hainan Province, China. Morphological description or diagnoses and illustrations for Chinese Epora and an identification key for all nine species worldwide are provided.

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