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Issue: Vol. 2387 No. 1: 3 Mar. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-03-03
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2387.1.3
Page range: 39–50
Abstract views: 37
PDF downloaded: 1

Review of the Oriental bamboo delphacid genus Neobelocera Ding & Yang (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Delphacidae) with the description of one new species

The Provincial Key Laboratory for Agricultural Pest Management of Mountainous Region, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou Province 550025, China Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou Province 550025, China Zunyi Medical College, Zunyi, Guizhou Province 563003, China
The Provincial Key Laboratory for Agricultural Pest Management of Mountainous Region, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou Province 550025, China Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou Province 550025, China
Hemiptera Bamboo delphacids Fulgoroidea China Oriental region taxonomy

Abstract

Species in the Oriental bamboo delphacid genus Neobelocera Ding & Yang, 1986 (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Delphacidae: Delphacinae: Tropidocephalini) are reviewed. The genus consists of 6 species: N. asymmetrica Ding & Yang, 1986 (Yunnan: Jinghong), N. zhejiangensis (Zhu, 1988) (Zhejiang: Hangzhou, Anhui: Langyashan), N. hanyinensis Qin & Yuan, 1998 (Shaanxi: Hanyin), N. lanpingensis Chen, 2003 (Yunnan: Lanping), N. laterospina Chen & Liang, 2005 (Hunan: Zhangjiajie) and N. lii Hou & Chen, sp. nov. (Guangdong: Guangzhou, Zhuhai; Hainan: Diaoluoshan). The generic characteristics are redefined. The main morphological characters, male genitalia of 6 species and female genitalia of 3 species are described or redescribed and illustrated (excluding N. asymmetrica, N. zhejiangensis, and N. hanyinensis). A key to species in the genus is provided.

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