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A second species of Megipocerus Zakhvatkin (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Eurymelinae)
Yuqing Yao1, Zhengyuan Yao2, Guoqing Li3
1College of Life Sciences & Technology; Inner Mongolia Normal University; Hohhot 010022; China. YYQnmg@outlook.com.
Abstract:
A second species of Megipocerus, M. hunanensis Zhang sp. nov., is recognized here from China, which can be easily distinguished from the type species, M. mordvilkoi Zakhvatkin, by numerous dark brown to black markings on the head and thorax, shorter male pygofer bearing four mastoid processes with longer process and short subapical processes. And the female of M. mordvilkoi was recorded in China for the first time, and an illustrated key is also provided.
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