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Issue: Vol. 4688 No. 1: 21 Oct. 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-10-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4688.1.3
Page range: 71–85
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Taxonomic review of the leafhopper genus Grammacephalus Haupt (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Scaphoideini) with description of a new species from Pakistan

School of Plant Protection, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, Anhui Province 230036, China
College of Life Sciences, Leshan Normal University, Leshan, Sichuan 614004, China
School of Plant Protection, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, Anhui Province 230036, China
Hemiptera taxonomy new species Pakistan

Abstract

The leafhopper genus Grammacephalus Haupt is revised with the description and illustrations of a new species Grammacephalus punjabensis Shah & Duan sp. n. from Pakistan. A checklist of the species of Grammacephalus and key to distinguish known species in the genus are also given in the present study.

 

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