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A remarkable new leafhopper genus and species from Thailand (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Stegelytrinae) with modified legs and ‘hairy’ eggs
Author(s) -
WEI CONG,
WEBB MICHAEL D.,
ZHANG YALIN
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
systematic entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.552
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1365-3113
pISSN - 0307-6970
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2007.00381.x
Subject(s) - leafhopper , biology , hemiptera , subfamily , genus , botany , auchenorrhyncha , taxonomy (biology) , homoptera , zoology , pest analysis , genetics , gene
Pataniolidia magnifica Wei & Webb gen.n. , sp.n. from Thailand is described and illustrated, and placed in the leafhopper subfamily Stegelytrinae. Its unusual features, including ‘membracid‐like’ legs and ‘hairy’ eggs, are discussed, and new tarsal sensilla for Cicadellidae are described.