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Issue: Vol. 2935 No. 1: 1 Jul. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-07-01
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2935.1.4
Page range: 47–58
Abstract views: 28
PDF downloaded: 1

A taxonomic study of the Oriental leafhopper genus Raabeina Dworakowska (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Erythroneurini), with descriptions of five new species and one new record from China

Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management, National Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, P. O. Box 55#, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management, National Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, P. O. Box 55#, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
Hemiptera Auchenorrhyncha morphology taxonomy distribution

Abstract

Eight species of the genus Raabeina are illustrated, including three previously described species and five new species are described: Raabeina acutata, R. biangulara, R. bubengensis, R. curtihamata and R. gracila spp. nov. One species, R. fuscofasciata Dworakowska n. rec, is newly recorded from China. A key to males of Raabeina is provided.

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