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Issue: Vol. 3568 No. 1: 29 Nov. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-11-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3568.1.4
Page range: 65–73
Abstract views: 25
PDF downloaded: 1

Three new species of the leafhopper genus Pedionis Hamilton (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Macropsinae) from China

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

Abstract

Three new species, Pedionis (Pedionis) acerosa sp. nov., P. (P.) longiaxonica sp. nov. and P. (P.) obtusata sp. nov. from China, are described and illustrated. A key is given to distinguish all species of the genus from China.

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