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Issue: Vol. 3003 No. 1: 25 Aug. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-08-25
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3003.1.2
Page range: 22–42
Abstract views: 38
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Review of Empoasca (Matsumurasca) Anufriev (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Empoascini), with description of three new species from 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 Orange Agricultural Institute, Industry & Investment NSW, Forest Rd, Orange, New South Wales, 2800, Australia
Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi Province, 712100, China
Orange Agricultural Institute, Industry & Investment NSW, Forest Rd, Orange, New South Wales, 2800, Australia
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 Cicadomorpha new species nom. nov. China

Abstract

The subgenus Matsumurasca of genus Empoasca Anufriev (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Empoascini) is revised with three new species described and illustrated: E. (M.) biprocessa Qin and Liu sp. nov. (southwest China: Yunnan), E. (M.) dentalis Qin and Liu sp. nov. (central southern China: Hunan) and E. (M.) spinalis Qin and Liu sp. nov. (central southern China: Henan). E (M.) diversa Vilbaste, 1968, and E. (M.) parvifacia Dworakowska, 1994, are recorded for the first time from China. Additionally, two replacement names are proposed, E. (M.) clypealata nom. nov. for E. (M.) clypeata Qin & Zhang, 2008 (preoccupied by E. clypeata Gillette & Baker, 1895) and E. (M.) quadrialata nom. nov. for E. (M.) quadrifida Qin & Zhang, 2008 (preoccupied by E. quadrifida Southern, 1982). A key to all species of the subgenus is also provided.

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