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Issue: Vol. 536 No. 1: 11 Jun. 2004
Type: Article
Published: 2004-06-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.536.1.1
Page range: 1–7
Abstract views: 87
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Two new species of the Australian planthopper genus Solonaima Kirkaldy (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae)

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstr. 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstr. 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany
Hemiptera Fulgoromorpha Cixiidae Solonaima new species Australia

Abstract

Two new epigean species of the cixiid genus Solonaima Kirkaldy, which is endemic in eastern Australia, are described from Queensland (Lamington National Park) and New South Wales (Rosebank): S. nielseni n. sp. and S. monteithia n.sp.

References

  1. Hoch, H. (1988) Five new epigean species of the Australian planthopper genus Solonaima Kirkaldy (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea: Cixiidae). The Beagle. Records of the northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences, 5(1), 125–133.

    Hoch, H. & Howarth, F.G. (1989) Six new cavernicolous cixiid planthoppers in the genus Solonaima from Australia (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea). Systematic Entomology, 14, 377–402.