Three new species of the planthopper genus Oecleopsis Emeljanov, 1971 from China (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Cixiidae)

By

Lv, Sha
Yang, Lin
Zhang, Yu-Bo
Zhi, Yan
Zhang, Pei
Chen, Xiangsheng

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2024

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1188

Pages

251--264

Subjects

Distribution , Fulgoroidea , Morphology , Pentastirini , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1188.114008

 

Abstract

Three new species of the genus Oecleopsis Emeljanov, 1971 from China, O. acerbus Lv & Chen, sp. nov. and O. panxianensis Lv & Chen, sp. nov. from Guizhou Province, and O. digitatus Lv & Chen, sp. nov. from Sichuan Province, are described and illustrated. With these additions, the number of species in the genus is increased to 18. An updated identification key and checklist of all known species of Oecleopsis are provided as well as a map of their geographic distributions.