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Issue: Vol. 5802 No. 1: 1 May 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-05-01
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5802.1.6
Page range: 119-132
Abstract views: 110
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Two new species of the cicada genus Auritibicen (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) from China

Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of Ministry of Education; Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management on the Loess Plateau of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs; College of Plant Protection; Northwest A&F University; Yangling; Shaanxi 712100; China
Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of Ministry of Education; Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management on the Loess Plateau of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs; College of Plant Protection; Northwest A&F University; Yangling; Shaanxi 712100; China
Shengnongjia National Park Administration; Shennongjia; Hubei 442441; China
Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of Ministry of Education; Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management on the Loess Plateau of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs; College of Plant Protection; Northwest A&F University; Yangling; Shaanxi 712100; China
Hemiptera Cicadoidea Cicadinae morphology Oriental region new species

Abstract

Two new species of the genus Auritibicen, A. nani Wang & Wei sp. nov. and A. bofani Wang & Wei sp. nov., are described, which were discovered from Mount Emei and the Shennongjia Mountains, China, respectively. The relationships of the two new species to related taxa are discussed based on morphological characters and a molecular phylogeny of Auritibicen reconstructed using sequences of the barcoding gene (COI).

 

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How to Cite

Wang, J., Lu, Z., Yang, J. & Wei, C. (2026) Two new species of the cicada genus Auritibicen (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) from China. Zootaxa, 5802 (1), 119–132. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5802.1.6