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Issue: Vol. 5306 No. 2: 20 Jun. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-06-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5306.2.4
Page range: 232-242
Abstract views: 356
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The Oriental spittlebug genus Paracercopis Schmidt (Hemiptera: Cercopoidea: Cercopidae) revisited, with description of one new species from Hubei, China

Tianjin Key Laboratory of Conservation and Utilization of Animal Diversity; College of Life Sciences; Tianjin Normal University; No. 393 Binshuixidao Road; Xiqing District; Tianjin 300387; P. R. China; Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution; Institute of Zoology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; 1 Beichen West Road; Chaoyang District; Beijing 100101; P. R. China
Research Institute of Forest Ecology; Environment and Protection; Chinese Academy of Forestry; Wan Shou Shan; Beijing 100091; P. R. China
Houhe National Nature Reserve; Wufeng; Hubei 443400; P. R. China
Houhe National Nature Reserve; Wufeng; Hubei 443400; P. R. China
Houhe National Nature Reserve; Wufeng; Hubei 443400; P. R. China
State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment; Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences; Beijing 100012; P. R. China
Hemiptera Auchenorrhyncha Oriental region taxonomy morphology ultrastructure

Abstract

The generic diagnostic characters of Paracercopis (Hemiptera: Cercopoidea: Cercopidae) are redefined and the autapomorphies are proposed to support the monophyly of the genus. Scanning electron micrographs of antennal sensilla and sensilla on rostral apex of P. seminigra (Melichar, 1902) are provided for the first time. A checklist together with new distribution records and key to the species of the genus are provided. Host plant associations of Paracercopis species are reported for the first time. Paracercopis unicolor Liang, Zhang & Xiao, sp. nov., representing the seventh and largest species of the genus is described from Hubei Province in south central China.

 

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