A new sharpshooter genus for Sphinctogonia lingula Yang & Li (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Cicadellini) from China

By

Meng, Zehong
Yang, Maofa.
Zhou, Yu-Feng

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2016

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

561

Pages

21-29

Subjects

Auchenorrhyncha , Cicadellinae , leafhopper , new combination , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.561.6079

 

Abstract

A new genus, Sphinctogoniella, is described to accommodate Sphinctogonia lingula Yang & Li, 2002, its type species from China. Sphinctogoniella lingula (Yang & Li, 2002), comb. n. is re-described and illustrated. Differences between the new genus and Sphinctogonia Breddin, 1901 are tabulated.