Two new species of the bamboo-feeding planthopper genus Purohita Distant from China (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Delphacidae)

By

Li, Hongxing
Yang, Lin
Chen, Xiangsheng

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2019

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

855

Pages

85-94

Subjects

bamboo planthopper , Fulgoroidea , Morphology , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.855.31561

 

Abstract

Two new species of the bamboo-feeding genus Purohita Distant, 1906, P.castaneussp. nov. and P.circumcinctasp. nov., are described and illustrated from southwest China (Yunnan), giving the genus thirteen species in total. A key is provided to distinguish eight Chinese species in the genus.