Three new species of Atkinsoniella (Arthropoda, Insecta, Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Cicadellinae) from China, with an updated checklist to the known species worldwide

Yan Jiang; Xiao-Fei Yu; Mao-Fa Yang

doi:10.3897/zookeys.1161.101062

Three new species of Atkinsoniella (Arthropoda, Insecta, Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Cicadellinae) from China, with an updated checklist to the known species worldwide

Zookeys. 2023 May 11:1161:89-115. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1161.101062. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Yan Jiang¹, Xiao-Fei Yu¹, Mao-Fa Yang¹

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Entomology, Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory for Agricultural Pest Management of the Mountainous Region, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China Guizhou University Guiyang China.

Abstract

The sharpshooter genus Atkinsoniella Distant, 1908 includes 99 valid species worldwide. Here, three new species from China are described and illustrated: Atkinsoniellastenopyga, A.wangi, and A.yingjiangensisspp. nov. An updated checklist of the known Atkinsoniella species worldwide based on the data of previous literature and studied materials is also provided. All the type specimens of three new species are deposited at the Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China.

Keywords: Auchenorrhyncha; Tibet; Yunnan; leafhopper; morphology; taxonomy.

Yan Jiang, Xiao-fei Yu, Mao-fa Yang.

Grants and funding

Guizhou Province Science and Technology Innovation Talent Team Project (Qian Ke He Pingtai Rencai – CXTD [2021] 004); the Program of Excellent Innovation Talents, Guizhou Province, China ([2016]-4022).