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Issue: Vol. 5683 No. 2: 20 Aug. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-08-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5683.2.3
Page range: 212-224
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Membracidae of Gabon: genus Euceropsila Boulard, 1978 (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha), with description of two new species

Museo di Storia naturale del Salento. S.P. Calimera-Borgagne; Km 1; 73021 Calimera; Italy
Museo di Storia naturale del Salento. S.P. Calimera-Borgagne; Km 1; 73021 Calimera; Italy
Museo di Storia naturale del Salento. S.P. Calimera-Borgagne; Km 1; 73021 Calimera; Italy
Hemiptera Membracidae Euceropsila taxonomy new records new species Gabon

Abstract

The genus Euceropsila Boulard, 1978 is reported for the first time in Gabon. The species E. primus Boulard, 1978 is recorded, and two new species, E. brevis sp. nov. and E. variabilis sp. nov., are proposed. A list of previously known species and a key to Euceropsila species are added.

 

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How to Cite

Tomasi, F., Susini, A. & Durante, A. (2025) Membracidae of Gabon: genus Euceropsila Boulard, 1978 (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha), with description of two new species. Zootaxa, 5683 (2), 212–224. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5683.2.3