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Issue: Vol. 3055 No. 1: 11 Oct. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-10-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3055.1.4
Page range: 62–68
Abstract views: 26
PDF downloaded: 2

A new Oriental genus of Deltocephalinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from China and Thailand

Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Integrated Management, Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Integrated Management, Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
Hemiptera Auchenorrhyncha Deltocephalinae Athysanini new species taxonomy

Abstract

A new deltocephaline leafhopper genus Hamulotettix is described and illustrated based on a large, distinctly patterned species, Hamulotettix ungulatus sp. nov., from China and Thailand, and is tentatively placed in the tribe Athysanini. Detailed morphological description and illustrations are provided. The genus is similar to Abrus Dai & Zhang in external body form, and also bears a superficial resemblance to Oxycephalotettix Zahniser, in having segment X of the male abdomen with a falcate ventral process.

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