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Issue: Vol. 5399 No. 3: 12 Jan. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-01-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5399.3.6
Page range: 275-280
Abstract views: 135
PDF downloaded: 6

A second species of Megipocerus Zakhvatkin (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Eurymelinae)

College of Life Sciences & Technology; Inner Mongolia Normal University; Hohhot 010022; China
Harrow Beijing City Campus No. 5; 4th Block Anzhen Xili Chaoyang District Beijing 100029 China
College of Life Sciences & Technology; Inner Mongolia Normal University; Hohhot 010022; China; Harrow Beijing City Campus No. 5; 4th Block Anzhen Xili Chaoyang District Beijing 100029 China; Key Laboratory of Biodiversity conservation and Sustainable utilization for College and University of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region; Hohhot 010022; China; Center for Applied Mathematics Inner Mongolia; Hohhot 010022; China
College of Life Sciences & Technology; Inner Mongolia Normal University; Hohhot 010022; China; Key Laboratory of Biodiversity conservation and Sustainable utilization for College and University of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region; Hohhot 010022; China; Center for Applied Mathematics Inner Mongolia; Hohhot 010022; China
Hemiptera Leafhoppers Auchenorrhyncha Idiocerinae Megipocerini taxonomy new species

Abstract

A second species of Megipocerus, M. hunanensis Zhang sp. nov., is recognized here from China, which can be easily distinguished from the type species, M. mordvilkoi Zakhvatkin, by numerous dark brown to black markings on the head and thorax, shorter male pygofer bearing four mastoid processes with longer process and short subapical processes. And the female of M. mordvilkoi was recorded in China for the first time, and an illustrated key is also provided.

 

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