Two new species and a new combination in the genus Ricanula Melichar, 1898 for Ricaniidae from China (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha)

Huan Zhang; Wen-Qian Wang; Adam Stroiski; Dao-Zheng Qin

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5047.3.7

Two new species and a new combination in the genus Ricanula Melichar, 1898 for Ricaniidae from China (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha)

Zootaxa. 2021 Sep 30;5047(3):353-369. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5047.3.7.

Authors

Huan Zhang¹, Wen-Qian Wang¹, Adam Stroiski², Dao-Zheng Qin³

Affiliations

¹ Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of the Ministry of Education; Entomological Museum, Northwest AF University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China. 18335481296@163.com.
² Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wilcza 64, 00-679 Warszawa, Poland.. adam@miiz.waw.pl.
³ Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of the Ministry of Education; Entomological Museum, Northwest AF University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China. qindaozh@nwsuaf.edu.cn.

PMID: 34810842
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5047.3.7

Abstract

Two new species of the genus Ricanula Melichar, 1898 within the family Ricaniidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha) from China are described and illustrated: R. curva sp. nov. and R. peronata sp. nov. Ricania cacaonis Chou et Lu, 1977 is redescribed and transferred to genus Ricanula. Ricanula pulverosa (Stl, 1865) is re-illustrated.

MeSH terms

Animals
China
Hemiptera*