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Issue: Vol. 2717 No. 1: 8 Dec. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-12-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2717.1.2
Page range: 34–52
Abstract views: 32
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Cixiidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha) from Namibia, with records from neighbouring countries

P.O. Box 55, Entomological Museum, Northwest Sci-Tech University of Agriculture and Forestry, 22 Xineng Road, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
Oekoteam-Institute for Animal Ecology and Landscape Planning, Bergmanngasse 22, A-8010 Graz, Austria
Hemiptera Rhynchota Auchenorrhyncha Cicadina Fulgoromorpha Malawi Angola Atonurus Duilius Eumecurus Pentastiridius

Abstract

The Cixiidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha) fauna of Namibia and the Cixiidae collection of the National Museum Windhoek are revised. Six species, Atonurus meridianus (Van Stalle, 1984), Eumecurus kibuyanus (Fennah, 1955), E. decempunctatus (Van Stalle, 1984), E. eryx (Fennah, 1957), E. mashonanus (Van Stalle, 1987) and E. incompletus (Van Stalle, 1983), are reported from Namibia for the first time. Thus, 19 Cixiidae species (one Duiliini, 18 Pentastirini) are present in Namibia. In addition, one new species, Eumecurus skofitschii Huang & Holzinger nov. spec., is described from Angola, and Eumecurus zairensis (Van Stalle, 1987) is recorded from Malawi for the first time.

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