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Issue: Vol. 4418 No. 1: 4 May 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-05-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4418.1.3
Page range: 66–74
Abstract views: 53
PDF downloaded: 4

Taxonomic review of the leafhopper genus Aconurella Ribaut (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Chiasmini) from Pakistan with description of three new species

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 Aconurella new species Pakistan Hemiptera

Abstract

The genus Aconurella Ribaut from Pakistan is reviewed with three new species, A. paraerebus sp. n., A. choui sp. n. and A. naranensis sp. n. described and illustrated in this paper. A key to Pakistani species of the genus is also given.

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