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Issue: Vol. 2117 No. 1: 25 May. 2009
Type: Article
Published: 2009-05-25
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2117.1.5
Page range: 49–55
Abstract views: 25
PDF downloaded: 1

New species of the leafhopper genus Drabescus Stål (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Selenocephalinae) from Papua New Guinea

Key laboratory of plant protection resources and pest management, ministry of education, entomological museum, northwest A&F university, yangling, shaanxi 712100, china
Key laboratory of plant protection resources and pest management, ministry of education, entomological museum, northwest A&F university, yangling, shaanxi 712100, china
Key laboratory of plant protection resources and pest management, ministry of education, entomological museum, northwest A&F university, yangling, shaanxi 712100, china
Hemiptera Insecta Homoptera Auchenorrhyncha morphology taxonomy distribution

Abstract

Five new species of the leafhopper genus Drabescus Stål, D. longispinus, D. bifurcatus, D. bicornis, D. wauensis and D. brevispinus, spp. nov., are described and illustrated from Papua New Guinea. A check-list and key to the species from Papua New Guinea are given.

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