Nomenclatural changes in the tribe Empoascini of the subfamily Typhlocybinae (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae)

By

Qin, Dao-zheng
Lu, Si-han
Zheng, Li-fang
Huang, Yi-xin

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2013

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

346

Pages

85-87

Subjects

Auchenorryncha , China , Homoptera , leafhopper , synonym , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.346.6392

 

Abstract

One genus and species are synonymized in the tribe Empoascini of the subfamily Typhlocybinae. Bhatasca Dworakowska, 1995 is a junior synonym of Alebrasca Hayashi & Okada, 1994, Bhatasca rectangulata Qin & Zhang, 2011 is a junior synonym of Alebrasca actinidiae Hayashi & Okada, 1994. Furthermore, Bhatasca expansa is (necessarily) transferred to the genus Alebrasca.