Published July 17, 2024 | Version v1
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Fistulatus athena Shang & Zhang 2003

  • 1. Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University; The Provincial Special Key Laboratory for Development and Utilization of Insect Resources, Guizhou University; Guiyang, 550025 P. R. China
  • 2. Department of Forestry Protection, School of Forestry and Biotechnology, Zhejiang A & F University, 666 Wusu Street, Linan, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 311300, P. R. China

Description

Fistulatus athena Shang & Zhang, 2003

(Figs 14–19)

Fistulatus athena Shang & Zhang, 2003: 21. Type locality: Malaysia (Sabah).

Remarks. This species is similar to F. monkoboensis Shang & Zhang in having a distinctive shape of pygofer processes, which are directed ventrally and slightly backward in lateral view, but can be distinguished by the presence of lateral processes on connective and by the style with the apical process slightly curved and digitate in lateral view.

Distribution: Malaysia: Sabah (Shang & Zhang 2003; Shang et al. 2006; Lu & Zhang 2014; Qu et al. 2015).

Notes

Published as part of Hassan, Muhammad Asghar, Shah, Bismillah & Xing, Jichun, 2024, Key to species of the leafhopper genus Fistulatus Zhang, Zhang & Chen (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Drabescini) with description of a new species, pp. 363-372 in Zootaxa 5481 (3) on page 367, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5481.3.5, http://zenodo.org/record/12758855

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Shang & Zhang
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Cicadellidae
Genus
Fistulatus
Species
athena
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Fistulatus athena Shang, 2003 sec. Hassan, Shah & Xing, 2024

References

  • Shang, S. Q. & Zhang, Y. L. (2003) Two new species from Sabah (Kalimantan) of the genus Fistulatus (Homoptera: Cicadellidae: Selenocephalinae: Paraboloponini). Entomotaxonomia, 25, 21 - 24.
  • Shang, S. Q., Shen L., Zhang, Y. L. & Li, H. H. (2006) Taxonomy study on the leafhopper genus Fistulatus Zhang, with description of a new species from China (Hemiptera, Selenocephalinae, Paraboloponini). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 31, 152 - 154.
  • Lu, L. & Zhang, Y. L. (2014) Taxonomy of the Oriental leafhopper genus Fistulatus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae), with description of a new species from China. Zootaxa, 3838 (2), 247 - 250. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3838.2.10
  • Qu, L., Webb, M. D. & Dai, R. H. (2015) A new genus and species of the leafhopper subtribe Paraboloponina from China (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae). Zootaxa, 3919 (2), 260 - 270. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3919.2.2