Bambusimukaria, a new bamboo-feeding leafhopper genus from China, with description of one new species (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Deltocephalinae, Mukariini)

By

Yang, Lin
Chen, Xiangsheng
Li, Zizhong

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2016

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

563

Pages

21-32

Subjects

Cicadomorpha , Oriental region , Species diversity , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.563.6030

 

Abstract

A new genus and species, Bambusimukaria quinquepunctata gen. & sp. n., feeding on bamboo in Guizhou and Fujian, China, are described and illustrated. The characters of crown, frontoclypeus, forewing venations and male genitalia place the new genus in the tribe Mukariini.