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Four new species of Mileewini leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Mileewinae) from China, with a checklist to Chinese species

1Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University; Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory for Agricultural Pest Management of the Mountainous Region, Guiyang, Guizhou 550025 P. R. China.
Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University; Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory for Agricultural Pest Management of the Mountainous Region, Guiyang, Guizhou 550025 P. R. China.
Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University; Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory for Agricultural Pest Management of the Mountainous Region, Guiyang, Guizhou 550025 P. R. China. College of Tobacco Science, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, 550025, P. R. China.
Department of Life Sciences (Entomology), the Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD, UK.
Hemiptera Auchenorrhyncha leafhopper morphology taxonomy

Abstract

Four new species of Mileewini, Mileewa clavata He & Yang, sp. nov., Mileewa rubricosta He & Yang, sp. nov., Mileewa quinquemaculata He & Yang, sp. nov. and Ujna liboensis He & Yang, sp. nov., are described and illustrated. A checklist of all Chinese Mileewini is provided.

 

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