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Issue: Vol. 4808 No. 2: 2 Jul. 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-07-02
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4808.2.8
Page range: 365–372
Abstract views: 180
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Taxonomic study of the leafhopper genus Singapora (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Erythroneurini) from China with a new species

Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management, Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management, Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
Hemiptera Homoptera Auchenorrhyncha morphology taxonomy

Abstract

The genus Singapora Mahmood is reviewed with one new species from China, Singapora shiqianensis sp. nov.. Detailed morphological description, illustration of this new species and a key to all known species (males) from China are provided.

 

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