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Issue: Vol. 1949 No. 1: 3 Dec. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-12-03
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1949.1.5
Page range: 63–68
Abstract views: 30
PDF downloaded: 2

Empoasca (Empoasca) paraparvipenis n. sp. and some new records of the subgenus from China (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Empoascini)

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

Abstract

Empoasca (Empoasca) paraparvipenis Zhang and Liu n. sp. is described and illustrated from Guizhou, Yunnan and Sichuan Provinces (SW. China), and three species of the nominate subgenus are reported for the first time from China. A species checklist of the subgenus is also provided.

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