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Issue: Vol. 4415 No. 3: 1 May 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-05-01
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4415.3.10
Page range: 580–590
Abstract views: 53
PDF downloaded: 1

Review of the grass feeding leafhopper genus Hecalus Stål (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) with description of four new species from Pakistan

Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi Province 712100, China
Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi Province 712100, China
Homoptera Auchenorrhyncha taxonomy key Hecalini Hecalus new species Pakistan hemiptera

Abstract

The leafhopper genus Hecalus Stål is reviewed first time from Pakistan. Four new species (H. erectus, H. muzaffarabadensis, H. snipus, and H. veracious, spp. nov.) with a new record of H. ghaurii Rao & Ramakrishnan, 1990 from Pakistan are described. A key to distinguish all Pakistani species in this genus is provided. Descriptions of male genitalia are provided for the known species.

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