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Issue: Vol. 4706 No. 2: 9 Dec. 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-12-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4706.2.11
Page range: 384–390
Abstract views: 53
PDF downloaded: 2

Two new species of the bamboo-feeding planthopper genus Arcofacies Muir (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Delphacidae) from China

Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou 550025, P.R. China The Provincial Special Key Laboratory for Development and Utilization of Insect Resources, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou 550025, P.R. China
Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou 550025, P.R. China The Provincial Special Key Laboratory for Development and Utilization of Insect Resources, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou 550025, P.R. China
Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou 550025, P.R. China The Provincial Special Key Laboratory for Development and Utilization of Insect Resources, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou 550025, P.R. China
Hemiptera Fulgoromorpha morphology oriental region taxonomy

Abstract

Two new species of the bamboo-feeding genus Arcofacies Muir, A. longispinus sp. nov. and A. varius sp. nov., are described and illustrated from southwest China (Yunnan). A checklist to the species of Arcofacies is provided as well as a key for the Chinese species.

 

 

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