Taxonomic study of the genus Malaxa Melichar, with descriptions of two new species from China (Hemiptera, Fulgoroidea, Delphacidae)

Hong-Xing Li; Lin Yang; Xiang-Sheng Chen

doi:10.3897/zookeys.861.32777

Taxonomic study of the genus Malaxa Melichar, with descriptions of two new species from China (Hemiptera, Fulgoroidea, Delphacidae)

Zookeys. 2019 Jul 8:861:43-52. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.861.32777. eCollection 2019.

Authors

Hong-Xing Li^{1

1}, Lin Yang^{1

1}, Xiang-Sheng Chen^{1

1}

Affiliation

¹ Guizhou University Guiyang China.

Abstract

Two new species of the delphacid genusMalaxa Melichar, 1914, M.hamuliferum sp. nov. and M.tricuspis sp. nov., are described and illustrated from southwest China (Yunnan and Hainan), providing the genus with eleven species in total. A key is provided to distinguish the seven Chinese species in the genus.

Keywords: Fulgoromorpha; Bamboo planthopper; morphology; oriental region; taxonomy.