Extension of the leafhopper genus Multinervis (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Megophthalminae, Agalliini) from Northern to Central Vietnam, with the description of one new species

By

Semeraro, Linda
Constant, Jerome
Pham, Thai

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1233

Pages

1--14

Subjects

Auchenorrhyncha , Biodiversity , leafhopper , Membracoidea , plant pathogen , plant virus , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1233.136519

 

Abstract

A new species of the genus Multinervis Li & Li, 2013, Multinervis phongdienensissp. nov., is described from two locations in Central Vietnam, Thưa Thien-Hue Province: Bach Ma National Park and Phong Dien District. It represents a second species for the genus and for the fauna of Vietnam, where the type species, M. guangxiensis Li & Li, 2013, has also previously been recorded from Northern Vietnam. Illustrations, a differential diagnosis to distinguish the two Multinervis species and a distribution map are provided. Multinervis phongdienensissp. nov. is characterized by the absence of forewing crossveins in the claval region, the reduced subgenital plates being almost entirely fused, the absence of a subgenital angular projection and the unusual lateral flanges of the male connective.