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Issue: Vol. 3060 No. 1: 17 Oct. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-10-17
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3060.1.4
Page range: 62–66
Abstract views: 35
PDF downloaded: 3

A new genus of the tribe Issini Spinola (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Issidae) from China

Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management, Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China College of Plant Protection, Southwest University, Beibei, Chongqing 400716, China
Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management, Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management, Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
Hemiptera taxonomy Fulgoromorpha Choutagus new species

Abstract

Pseudochoutagus curvativus, a new genus and species of Issidae (Hemiptera) is described based on specimens from Hainan, China. The genus is compared to the superficially similar genus Choutagus Zhang, Wang and Che.

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