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Issue: Vol. 4691 No. 1: 29 Oct. 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-10-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4691.1.4
Page range: 57–62
Abstract views: 144
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New Oriental genus in the tribe Caliscelini (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Caliscelidae) from Pakistan

Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of the Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
Department of Entomology, The University of Agriculture Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwar, 25100, Pakistan
College of Life Science, Leshan Normal University, Leshan, Sichuan 614004, China
Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of the Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
Hemiptera Homoptera Fulgoroidea Caliscelinae Taxonomy Formibelle

Abstract

Formibelle gen. nov. is described based on the type species Formibelle vladimiri sp. nov. from Swat, Pakistan. This new genus represents the second species in the family Caliscelidae from Pakistan. A key to the known genera of Caliscelidae in Pakistan is provided.

 

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