A taxonomic study on the genus Japananus Ball (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Deltocephalinae), with description of one new species from China

Jichun Xing; Renhuai Dai; Zizhong Li

doi:10.3897/zookeys.3.24

ZooKeys 3: 23-28, doi: 10.3897/zookeys.3.24

A taxonomic study on the genus Japananus Ball (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Deltocephalinae), with description of one new species from China

Jichun Xing, Renhuai Dai, Zizhong Li

Abstract The paper deals with four species of the genus Japananus Ball, 1931 (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Deltocephalinae), including one new species from Sichuan Province, China, Japananus bicurvatus sp. nov.. A key is given to distinguish all species of the genus, and illustrations of genitalia are provided. The type specimens of the new species are deposited in the Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University (IEGU).