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Issue: Vol. 4420 No. 4: 18 May 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-05-18
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4420.4.10
Page range: 593–599
Abstract views: 42
PDF downloaded: 2

First record and new species of the Oriental leafhopper genus Trifida Thapa & Sohi (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from China

Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China.
Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China. Yangling Vocational & Technical College, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China.
Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China.
Hemiptera Auchenorrhyncha Dikraneurini morphology taxonomy distribution

Abstract

The Oriental leafhopper genus Trifida Thapa & Sohi, 1986 and T. quadripunctata are recorded from China for the first time. Three new species, T. eleganta, T. robusta and T. elongata spp. nov., are described and illustrated. A check-list and key to all species of Trifida are provided.

 

 

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