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Issue: Vol. 4966 No. 2: 3 May 2021
Type: Article
Published: 2021-05-03
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4966.2.11
Page range: 245–250
Abstract views: 137
PDF downloaded: 15

Fuscmacula, a new leafhopper genus from China (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae)

Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University; The Provincial Special Key Laboratory for Development and Utilization of Insect Resources, Guizhou University; Guiyang, 550025 P. R. China.
Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University; The Provincial Special Key Laboratory for Development and Utilization of Insect Resources, Guizhou University; Guiyang, 550025 P. R. China.
Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University; The Provincial Special Key Laboratory for Development and Utilization of Insect Resources, Guizhou University; Guiyang, 550025 P. R. China.
Hemiptera Homoptera morphology new taxa taxonomy Athysanini

Abstract

A new leafhopper genus of Athysanini from China, Fuscmacula gen. nov. with F. biprocessa sp. nov. as type species is described and illustrated. This species was collected from grass. The type specimens of the new species are deposited in the Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China (GUGC).

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