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Issue: Vol. 2879 No. 1: 16 May. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-05-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2879.1.7
Page range: 64–68
Abstract views: 33
PDF downloaded: 1

First record of the leafhopper genus Subhimalus Ghauri, 1971 (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from China, with description of a new species

Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University; The Provincial Key Laboratory for Agricultural Pest Management of Mountainous Region, Guiyang, Guizhou, P.R. China, 550025
Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University; The Provincial Key Laboratory for Agricultural Pest Management of Mountainous Region, Guiyang, Guizhou, P.R. China, 550025
Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University; The Provincial Key Laboratory for Agricultural Pest Management of Mountainous Region, Guiyang, Guizhou, P.R. China, 550025
Hemiptera Homoptera morphology taxonomy Paralimnini distribution

Abstract

The genus Subhimalus Ghauri, 1971 is reported for the first time and a new species Subhimalus attenuatus sp. nov. is described and illustrated from China. A key is given to distinguish all species of the genus. The type specimens of the new species are deposited in the Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China (GUGC).

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