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Issue: Vol. 4168 No. 1: 14 Sept. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-09-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4168.1.11
Page range: 187–194
Abstract views: 74
PDF downloaded: 1

Macropsini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) of Thailand, with description of two new species and three new country records

Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of the Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi Province 712100, China
Illinois Natural History Survey, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL 61820, USA
Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of the Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi Province 712100, China
Hemiptera Auchenorrhyncha taxonomy morphology

Abstract

The fauna of Thailand was previously known to include only a single species of Macropsini. Study of an extensive collection of recent Malaise trap samples from Thailand revealed the presence of five additional species of this leafhopper tribe, including two new species, Pediopsis thailandensis and Varicopsella odontoida spp. nov., described and illustrated herein; and three additional species, Macropsis hainanensis, P. rufoscutellata and V. elegans, previously recorded from neighboring countries. A key to genera and species of the Macropsini of Thailand is provided.

 

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