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Issue: Vol. 4571 No. 2: 26 Mar. 2019
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2019-03-26
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4571.2.12
Page range: 290–294
Abstract views: 66
PDF downloaded: 1

Key to species of the genus Pachymetopius Matsumura (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Stegelytrini ) with description of a new species from China

Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University; The Provincial Special Key Laboratory for Development and Utilization of Insect Resources, Guizhou University; Guiyang, 550025 P. R. China
Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University; The Provincial Special Key Laboratory for Development and Utilization of Insect Resources, Guizhou University; Guiyang, 550025 P. R. China
Department of Life Science, The Natural History Museum, London,U.K.
Hemiptera Homoptera morphology taxonomy distribution

Abstract

A new leafhopper species: Pachymetopius falcatus sp. nov., is described and illustrated from Guizhou Province, China. A key is given to distinguish all species of the genus. The type specimen of the new species is deposited in the Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China (GUGC).

 

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