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Issue: Vol. 3918 No. 4: 13 Feb. 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-02-13
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3918.4.1
Page range: 451–491
Abstract views: 27
PDF downloaded: 1

Taxonomic study of the leafhopper genus Thagria Melichar (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Coelidiinae) from Guangxi, China

Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University; The Provincial Key Laboratory for Agricultural Pest Management of Mountainous Region, Guiyang, Guizhou, P. R. China, 550025; Special Key Laboratory for Development and Utilization of Insect Resources of Guizhou, 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; Special Key Laboratory for Development and Utilization of Insect Resources of Guizhou, 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; Special Key Laboratory for Development and Utilization of Insect Resources of Guizhou, Guiyang, Guizhou, P. R. China, 550025.
Auchenorrhyncha morphology taxonomy new species biogeography

Abstract

The paper deals with 21 valid species of the genus Thagria from Guangxi Autonomous Region, China. Eight new species are described and illustrated: T. biprocessa Fan & Dai, sp. nov., T. decussata Fan & Dai, sp. nov., T. irregularis Fan & Dai, sp. nov., T. multispinosa Fan & Dai, sp. nov., T. paramultipars Fan & Li, sp. nov., T. triangula Fan & Li, sp. nov., T. trifasciata Fan & Li, sp. nov. and T. webbi Fan & Li, sp. nov.. A key is given to distinguish all species of this genus from Guangxi, China and maps showing the geographic distribution of new species are also provided. The name Thagria xuae nom. emend. is given for T. xui Nielson.