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Issue: Vol. 4964 No. 1: 21 Apr. 2021
Type: Article
Published: 2021-04-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4964.1.10
Page range: 179–187
Abstract views: 73
PDF downloaded: 11

Review of the leafhopper genus Protensus Zhang & Dai (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Deltocephalinae) with description of a new species

Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University; The Provincial Special Key Laboratory for Development and Utilization of Insect Resources, Guizhou University; Guiyang, 550025 P. R. China
Department of Entomology, The Natural History Museum, London, U.K.
Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University; The Provincial Special Key Laboratory for Development and Utilization of Insect Resources, Guizhou University; Guiyang, 550025 P. R. China
Homoptera leafhopper morphology taxonomy distribution Hemiptera

Abstract

Species of the leafhopper genus Protensus Zhang & Dai, 2001 (Deltocephalinae: Athysanini) from Japan and China are reviewed, and a new species Protensus lii sp. nov. is described and illustrated from China. Protensus nigrifrons Li & Xing, 2011 is treated as incertae sedis in the tribe Mukariini (Deltocephalinae). A checklist and key to species of Protensus is provided.

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