Nirvanguina Zhang & Webb (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae), a new record for China, with description of a new species

Lin Lu; Yalin Zhang; M D Webb

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3779.5.10

Nirvanguina Zhang & Webb (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae), a new record for China, with description of a new species

Zootaxa. 2014 Mar 19:3779:597-600. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3779.5.10.

Authors

Lin Lu¹, Yalin Zhang², M D Webb³

Affiliations

¹ Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management, Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum of Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China; Email: unknown.
² Affiliation: unknown; Email: yalinzh@nwsuaf.edu.cn.
³ Department of Entomology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UK; Email: unknown.

PMID: 24871755
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3779.5.10

Abstract

The previously monotypic leafhopper genus Nirvanguina Zhang & Webb (Deltocephalinae, Drabescini, Paraboloponina), recorded from Australia and New Guinea, is recorded from mainland Asia (China) for the first time and a new species, N. pectena sp. nov., from Fanjingshan Mountain in Guizhou Prov., China, is described and illustrated.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animal Structures / anatomy & histology
Animals
China
Hemiptera / anatomy & histology
Hemiptera / classification*
Male