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Issue: Vol. 4420 No. 4: 18 May 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-05-18
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4420.4.9
Page range: 588–592
Abstract views: 41
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A new idiocerine leafhopper genus, Dianica, from China (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae)

College of Life Sciences & Technology, Inner Mongolia Normal University, Hohhot 010022, P.R. China.
Hemiptera Cicadellidae

Abstract

The new idiocerine leafhopper genus Dianica gen. nov. is described and illustrated based one species, Dianica rugulosa sp. nov. from southwestern China. A diagnosis of the new genus is given and compared to the related genera. In addition, a key to genera and a checklist of species for Tasnimocerus group are also provided.

 

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