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Issue: Vol. 2879 No. 1: 16 May. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-05-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2879.1.5
Page range: 50–58
Abstract views: 28
PDF downloaded: 1

The Oriental bamboo-feeding genus Bambusiphaga Huang & Ding, 1979 (Hemiptera: Delphacidae: Tropidocephalini): a checklist, a key to the species and descriptions of two new species

The Provincial Key Laboratory for Agricultural Pest Management of Mountainous Region, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou 550025, P.R. China Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou 550025, P.R. China
The Provincial Key Laboratory for Agricultural Pest Management of Mountainous Region, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou 550025, P.R. China Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou 550025, P.R. China
Hemiptera Bamboo pests delphacid Fulgoroidea taxonomy China

Abstract

A checklist of the known species of the Oriental bamboo-feeding genus Bambusiphaga Huang & Ding, 1979 (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Delphacidae: Delphacinae: Tropidocephalini) together with their host plants and geographical distribution and a key to the known species in the genus are provided. Two new species, B. kunmingensis sp. nov. and B. yangi sp. nov., are described and illustrated from Yunnan Province, southwestern China.

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