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Issue: Vol. 2299 No. 1: 27 Nov. 2009
Type: Articles
Published: 2009-11-27
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2299.1.6
Page range: 62–68
Abstract views: 32
PDF downloaded: 2

Three new species of the leafhopper genus Thapaia Dmitriev & Dietrich (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from China

Guizhou Key Laboratory for Plant Pest Management of Mountainous Region, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou 550025, China Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou 550025, China
Guizhou Key Laboratory for Plant Pest Management of Mountainous Region, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou 550025, China Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou 550025, China
Hemiptera Homoptera Auchenorrhyncha Erythroneurini morphology distribution identification

Abstract

Three new species, Thapaia tina sp. nov., T. multibudna sp. nov. and T. plumula sp. nov. from China are described and illustrated. A key to males of the genus Thapaia is provided.

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