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Issue: Vol. 2089 No. 1: 4 May. 2009
Type: Article
Published: 2009-05-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2089.1.3
Page range: 19–32
Abstract views: 31
PDF downloaded: 1

A taxonomic review of the Old World leafhopper genus Changwhania Kwon (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Paralimnini)

Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi Province 712100, China
Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi Province 712100, China School of Plant Protection, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, Anhui Province 230036, China
Department of Entomology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, South Kensington, SW7 5BD, London, UK
Homoptera Auchenorrhyncha grassland morphology identification new species China

Abstract

The Old World leafhopper genus Changwhania Kwon is reviewed and three of its four species are illustrated and male genital characters are provided. One new species from China, Changwhania digitata Zhang and Duan, is described. A key to species is also provided.

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