A new dictyopharid genus Neonersia gen. nov. from Cameroon (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Dictyopharidae, Orthopagini)

By

Song, Zhi-Shun
Yin, Ji-Jun
Deckert, Jürgen

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2019-6-11

Original Publication

African invertebrates : a journal of biodiversity research

Volume

60

Series / Issue

Issue: 1

Pages

97--108

Subjects

Afrotropical region , Fulgoroidea , Morphology , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Pietermaritzburg, South Africa Council of the Natal Museum 2001-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/AfrInvertebr.60.32652

 

Abstract

A new dictyopharid genusNeonersiaSong & Deckert,gen. nov.is described here based onDictyophora[sic]fugaxMelichar, 1912 (previously also placed in the genusNersiaStål, 1862) from Cameroon. The new genus is placed in the tribe Orthopagini. It may be easily distinguished from all other Orthopagini genera by carinate tegulae.