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Issue: Vol. 3105 No. 1: 22 Nov. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-11-22
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3105.1.3
Page range: 60–68
Abstract views: 29
PDF downloaded: 1

Two new species of the genus Discophorellus Tsaur & Hsu (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae: Cixiini) from Guizhou Province, 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 Xingyi Normal University for Nationalities, Xingyi, Guizhou 562400, 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 Cixiid Fulgoroidea Oriental region planthopper taxonomy

Abstract

Two new species of the Oriental cixiid planthopper genus Discophorellus Tsaur & Hsu, 1991 (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae: Cixiini), D. cehengensis Zhang & Chen sp. nov. and D. transspinus Zhang & Chen sp. nov., from Guizhou Province, southwestern China, are described and illustrated. The generic characteristics are redefined. A key to the three known species of this genus in the world is provided.

References

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