A Review of the Planthopper GenusArmaciaStål (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Ricaniidae) with Descriptions of Four New Species from Indonesia and Papua New Guinea | Zendy

Cui-Ping Bu | Zendy; Murray J. Fletcher | Zendy; AiPing Liang | Zendy

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A Review of the Planthopper GenusArmaciaStål (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Ricaniidae) with Descriptions of Four New Species from Indonesia and Papua New Guinea

Author(s) -

Cui-Ping Bu,

Murray J. Fletcher,

AiPing Liang

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

journal of insect science

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.551

H-Index - 49

ISSN - 1536-2442

DOI - 10.1673/031.011.8901

Subject(s) - biology , hemiptera , planthopper , new guinea , genus , key (lock) , zoology , taxonomy (biology) , auchenorrhyncha , type species , botany , ecology , homoptera , pest analysis , ethnology , history

The genus Armacia Stål (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Ricaniidae) is reviewed taxonomically. Four new species of the genus are described and illustrated from West-Pacific region: A. madangensis sp. nov. (Papua New Guinea), A. rubilimba sp. nov. (Indonesia), A. spinae sp. nov. (Indonesia) and A. vigorata sp. nov. (Indonesia), A. albipes ( Walker 1868 ), A. clara (Stål 1859), A. divisura ( Walker 1868 ), A. fusca Melichar 1898, A. hyalinata ( Donovan 1805 ), A. latipennis ( Walker 1868 ), A. nigrifrons (Walker 1858), A. simaethis Fennah 1956 , and A. spatiosa ( Walker 1868 ) are redescribed and illustrated. A checklist of all known species and a diagnosis of the genus are provided. A key to all species in the genus is provided.

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