A new genus and two new species in the tribe Empoascini (Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha, Cicadellidae) from China

2025/10/21 by Qing‐Ping Yao, Yan Ding, Maofa Yang +1 · 1 voice
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Phytoplasmas and Hemiptera pathogens #Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies #Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy

paper · pdf · doi:10.3897/dez.72.156715

openalex publication_date 2025/10/21 · openalex created_date 2025/10/22 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/02

Abstract

A new leafhopper genus, Conjunctus Yao, Yu & Yang, gen. nov. , together with its type species, Conjunctus decussatus Yao, Yu & Yang, sp. nov. , and an additional new species, Inflatopina pilosa Yao, Yu & Yang, sp. nov. (Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha, Cicadellidae, Typhlocybinae, Empoascini), are described from China. An updated identification key to species of the genus Inflatopina Lu, Dietrich & Qin, 2017 is provided.

Citations

• Phylogeny of the tribe Empoascini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae ) based on morphological characteristics, with reclassification of the Empoasca generic group

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