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Issue: Vol. 5271 No. 3: 27 Apr. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-04-27
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5271.3.5
Page range: 525-537
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New taxa in the leafhopper tribe Deltocephalini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from China

Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management on Crops; Key Laboratory of Biology and Sustainable Management of Plant Diseases and Pests of Anhui Higher Education Institutes; School of Plant Protection; Anhui Agricultural University; Hefei; Anhui 230036; China.
Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management on Crops; Key Laboratory of Biology and Sustainable Management of Plant Diseases and Pests of Anhui Higher Education Institutes; School of Plant Protection; Anhui Agricultural University; Hefei; Anhui 230036; China.
Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management on Crops; Key Laboratory of Biology and Sustainable Management of Plant Diseases and Pests of Anhui Higher Education Institutes; School of Plant Protection; Anhui Agricultural University; Hefei; Anhui 230036; China.; Department of Forestry Protection; School of Forestry and Biotechnology; Zhejiang A & F University; 666 Wusu street; Linan; Hangzhou; Zhejiang 311300; China.
Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management on Crops; Key Laboratory of Biology and Sustainable Management of Plant Diseases and Pests of Anhui Higher Education Institutes; School of Plant Protection; Anhui Agricultural University; Hefei; Anhui 230036; China.
Hemiptera Auchenorrhyncha checklist generic key morphology new species taxonomy

Abstract

Pseudomaiestas gen. nov. with Pseudomaiestas dietrichi sp. nov. (type species, China: Yunnan Prov.), and Maiestas anhuiensis sp. nov. (China: Anhui Prov.) are described and illustrated. A checklist to the known genera and species of Deltocephalini from China is given together with a generic key. The tribe now holds 14 genera and 59 species in total from China. The genera Alobaldia Emeljanov, Amblysellus Sleesman, Ctenurella Vilbaste, Graminella DeLong, Matsumuratettix Metcalf, Peitouellus Vilbaste, Polyamia DeLong, Recilia Edwards, Wyushinamia Zhang & Duan, and Pseudomaiestas Xu, Shah & Duan gen. nov. contain 1 species. Similarly, Yuanamia Zhang & Duan includes 2 species, Paramesodes Ishihara contains 6 species, Deltocephalus Burmeister has 7 species, and Maiestas Distant is recorded with 34 species respectively. A separate key for the Chinese Maiestas species is also given.

 

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