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Issue: Vol. 1781 No. 1: 3 Jun. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-06-03
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1781.1.4
Page range: 47–54
Abstract views: 28
PDF downloaded: 2

Revision of the leafhopper genus Reticulum (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae)

Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management, Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100
Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management, Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100
Hemiptera Homoptera Auchenorrhyncha Cicadina morphology China key identification

Abstract

The leafhopper genus Reticulum from China is reviewed and refined. Two new species, R. trispinosum sp. nov. and R. lanceolatum sp. nov., are described. A detailed morphological description and illustrations of the new species are provided. A key to species of Reticulum is also provided.

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