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Issue: Vol. 2987 No. 1: 5 Aug. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-08-05
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2987.1.4
Page range: 31–44
Abstract views: 44
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Taxonomic study of the typhlocybine leafhopper genus Alebroides Matsumura (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) in China

Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi Province, 712100, China
Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi Province, 712100, China
Hemiptera Homoptera Auchenorrhyncha Empoascini morphology taxonomy distribution

Abstract

The present paper treats 20 species of the typhlocybine genus Alebroides Matsumura from China, among which two species new to science are described: A. parafuscus n. sp. and A. muzitaneus n. sp.; three new synonymies are reported: A. aurantinus Cai & Shen, 1999 is a junior synonym of A. rubicundus Ishihara, 1953; A. taibaiensis Chou & Zhang, 1987 is a junior synonym of A. yanglinginus Chou & Zhang, 1987 and A. qinlinganus Chou & Zhang, 1987 is a junior synonym of A. falcatus Sohi & Dworakowska, 1979; five species are new records for China. A key to all Chinese Alebroides species is provided, including 6 species reported occuring in China with specimens unavailable for this study except A. shokanus Matsumura.

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