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Issue: Vol. 4117 No. 2: 31 May 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-05-31
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4117.2.8
Page range: 265–276
Abstract views: 141
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A new genus in the family Flatidae with one new combination and three new species (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha)

Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management for Fujian-Taiwan Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, Fujian, China Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
Orange Agricultural Institute, Forest Road, Orange, New South Wales, Australia
Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
Hemiptera Planthoppers new genus Fulgoroidea Nephesini China

Abstract

Herbiflata gen. nov., the second genus in the tribe Nephesini from China, is erected with Hilavrita xizangensis Chou et Lu, 1981 as its type species—Herbiflata xizangensis (Chou et Lu, 1981) comb. nov. This new genus resembles Hilavrita Distant, 1906 but can be differentiated by the following characters: vertex obtusely pointed; tegmen not spotted, with orange margin; apical angle of tegmen broadly rounded; Vein ScP+R arising from one stem. Three new species, H. chromata sp. nov., H. sacra sp. nov. and H. saxeta sp. nov., are described and illustrated. A key to four species in this genus is provided.

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