Review of the leafhopper genus Alnetoidia Dlabola (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Erythroneurini) from China, with descriptions of two new species

Yanghui Cao; Meixia Yang; Yalin Zhang

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4193.3.7

Review of the leafhopper genus Alnetoidia Dlabola (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Erythroneurini) from China, with descriptions of two new species

Zootaxa. 2016 Nov 17;4193(3):zootaxa.4193.3.7. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4193.3.7.

Authors

Yanghui Cao¹, Meixia Yang, Yalin Zhang

Affiliation

¹ Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management, National Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, P. O. Box 55#, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China.. caoyh@sibs.ac.cn.

PMID: 27988694
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4193.3.7

Abstract

Generic characteristics of genus Alnetoidia Dlabola are revised based on study of nine species from China, including two new species: A. (Alnetoidia) gracilis, A. (Alnella) dentata spp. nov., and four new records to China. A key to species for identification of Chinese adult males is provided.

Keywords: Hemiptera, Homoptera, Auchenorrhyncha, taxonomy, morphology.

MeSH terms

Animal Distribution
Animal Structures / anatomy & histology
Animal Structures / growth & development
Animals
Body Size
China
Female
Hemiptera / anatomy & histology*
Hemiptera / classification*
Hemiptera / growth & development
Male
Organ Size