A new genus and species of Mileewini leafhoppers (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Mileewinae) from China, with a key to genera

Bin Yan; Hong-Li He; Mao-Fa Yang; Mick D Webb

doi:10.3897/zookeys.1028.63727

A new genus and species of Mileewini leafhoppers (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Mileewinae) from China, with a key to genera

Zookeys. 2021 Apr 5:1028:61-67. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1028.63727. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Bin Yan¹, Hong-Li He¹, Mao-Fa Yang^{1

2}, Mick D Webb³

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University; The Provincial Key Laboratory for Agricultural Pest Management of the Mountainous Region, Guiyang, Guizhou 550025, China.
² College of Tobacco Science, Guizhou University; Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory of Tobacco Quality Research, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou 550025, China.
³ Department of Life Sciences (Entomology), The Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD, UK.

Abstract

A new leafhopper genus and species, Anzihelus bistriatus Yan & Yang, gen. nov. sp. nov. (Cicadellidae, Mileewinae, Mileewini) is described from Sichuan Province, China. Habitus images and figures of the male and female genitalia are provided together with a key to the genera of Mileewini from China.

Keywords: Auchenorrhyncha; Homoptera; Old World; identification; morphology; taxonomy.

Bin Yan, Hong-Li He, Mao-Fa Yang, Mick D. Webb.

Grants and funding

The National Science Foundation of China (31672335); the Program of Excellent Innovation Talents, Guizhou Province, China ([2016]-4022); and International cooperation base for insect evolutionary biology and pest control ([2016]-5802).