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Issue: Vol. 3986 No. 5: 21 Jul. 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-07-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3986.5.4
Page range: 569–576
Abstract views: 23
PDF downloaded: 1

First record of the genus Hephathus Ribaut (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Macropsinae) from China

Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of the Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi Province 712100, China
Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of the Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi Province 712100, China
Hemiptera Homoptera Auchenorrhyncha morphology taxonomy new record

Abstract

The genus Hephathus with its species Hephathus freyi (Fieber, 1868) is recorded for the first time from China. A new species Hephathus dilatatus is described and illustrated. An updated species checklist with distribution of the genus Hephathus is also provided.