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Issue: Vol. 4966 No. 5: 6 May 2021
Type: Article
Published: 2021-05-06
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4966.5.8
Page range: 585–590
Abstract views: 69
PDF downloaded: 10

Taxonomy of the leafhopper genus Nirvanguina (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Drabescini) with description of a new species from China

Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management, Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management, Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management, Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
Hemiptera Auchenorrhyncha Nirvanguina bifurcatus taxonomy morphology

Abstract

The leafhopper genus Nirvanguina Zhang & Webb (Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Drabescini: Paraboloponina) is reviewed, including description of a new species, Nirvanguina bifurcatus Xu & Zhang sp. nov., from China. An updated checklist along with distribution and a key to males of this genus are also provided. Type specimens of this new species are deposited in the Entomological Museum, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China (NWAFU).

 

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