Hepneriana Dworakowska (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Erythroneurini), first record from China, with descriptions of eleven new species

Meixia Yang; Yanghui Cao; Yalin Zhang

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4193.2.4

Hepneriana Dworakowska (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Erythroneurini), first record from China, with descriptions of eleven new species

Zootaxa. 2016 Nov 15;4193(2):zootaxa.4193.2.4. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4193.2.4.

Authors

Meixia Yang¹, Yanghui Cao, 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. Shaanxi Institute of Zoology, No.88 Xing Qing Ave, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, China. ymeixia2013@163.com.

PMID: 27988717
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4193.2.4

Abstract

A redescription of the erythroneurine leafhopper genus Hepneriana Dworakowska and a key to Chinese species of the genus are provided. Eleven new species, Hepneriana applanata, H. bicruris, H. concava, H. euryaedeaga, H. longa, H. menglunensis, H. paragamma, H. prostrata, H. robusta, H. taibaoensis and H. undulata spp. nov. are described and H. joannae (Dworakowska) is newly recorded from China.

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