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Issue: Vol. 4387 No. 2: 27 Feb. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-02-26
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4387.2.4
Page range: 310–330
Abstract views: 73
PDF downloaded: 2

A new genus Austrimonus for Eutettix melaleucae Kirkaldy (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Opsiini) and nine new species

Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management (Northwest A&F University), Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China Biosecurity Collections Unit, Orange Agricultural Institute, Forest Road, Orange NSW 2800, Australia
Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management (Northwest A&F University), Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
Hemiptera Leafhopper Auchenorrhyncha Australia

Abstract

The new genus Austrimonus is created for Eutettix melaleucae Kirkaldy, previously in Hishimonus Ishihara, and the species redescribed as Austrimonus melaleucae (Kirkaldy), comb. nov. Nine new Australian species are added to the genus: A. apicalis sp. nov., A. biapicalis sp. nov., A. bidentatus sp. nov., A. clavatus sp. nov., A. curvatus sp. nov., A. flagellatus sp. nov., A. koebelei sp. nov., A. litorus sp. nov. and A. luteus sp. nov. A key for the determination of males of the species is provided.

 

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