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Issue: Vol. 2970 No. 1: 19 Jul. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-07-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2970.1.5
Page range: 63–67
Abstract views: 42
PDF downloaded: 4

A remarkable new genus of Nirvanini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Evacanthinae) from Southeast Asia

Illinois Natural History Survey, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois, 1816 S Oak St., Champaign, Illinois 61820, USA
Hemiptera Homoptera Auchenorrhyncha morphology phylogeny Thailand

Abstract

Draconirvana, gen. n., is described and illustrated based on a single new species D. siamensis, from Thailand. The new genus is morphologically intermediate between Evacanthini and Nirvanini but is placed in the latter tribe based on its depressed form and the incomplete longitudinal carina on the face.

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