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Empoasca (Matsumurasca) dolichi Paoli 1930

Description

Empoasca (Matsumurasca) dolichi Paoli, 1930

(Figs 68–71)

Empoasca dolichi Paoli, 1930: 68

Empoasca doliche Husain, 1938: 65 (Subsequent misspelling) Empoasca polyphaga Lindberg, 1958: 210, synonymised by Ghauri, 1979: 345 Empoasca (Matsumurasca) dolichi Paoli; Dworakowska, 1971: 507

Type locality. Near Village Duca degli Abruzzi (=Jowhar, 45°30ʹE, 2°47ʹN), Southern Somalia. (repository unknown).

Remarks. Dworakowska (1971) grouped this species with E. (M.) onukii Matsuda, 1952, E. (M.) aino Matsumura, 1931, and E. (M.) diversa Vilbaste, 1968 as the Empoasca aino group, which is characterized by the peculiar structure of the subgenital plate.

Distribution. Ethiopia, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, Somalia, Uganda, Zambia, Congo, Zaire.

Notes

Published as part of Liu, Yang, Qin, Dao-Zheng, Fletcher, Murray J. & Zhang, Ya-Lin, 2011, Review of Empoasca (Matsumurasca) Anufriev (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Empoascini), with description of three new species from China, pp. 22-42 in Zootaxa 3003 on page 30, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.207054

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Paoli
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Cicadellidae
Genus
Empoasca
Species
dolichi
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Empoasca (Matsumurasca) dolichi Paoli, 1930 sec. Liu, Qin, Fletcher & Zhang, 2011

References

  • Paoli, G. (1930) Caraterri diagnostici delle Empoasca e descrizione di nuove specie. Atti della Societa Toscana de Scienze Naturali residente in Pisa, Processi Verbali 39, 64 - 75.
  • Husain, M. A. (1938) The cotton jassid, Empoasca devastans Distant. Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy, 25, 183.
  • Lindberg, H. (1958) Hemiptera Insularum Caboverdensium. Commentationes Biologicae, 19, 1 - 246.
  • Ghauri, M. S. K. (1979) The identity of Empoasca dolichi Paoli (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) and descriptions of new species of Empoasca from light-traps near crops in Malawi and Nigeria. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 69, 343 - 355.
  • Dworakowska, I. (1971) Dayus takagii sp. n. and some other Empoascini (Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae). Bulletin de l'Academie Polonaise des Sciences Serie des Sciences Biologiques, 19, 501 - 509.
  • Matsuda, R. (1952) A new green Empoasca leafhopper injurious to the tea shrub in Japan. Oyo-Kontyu, 8, 19 - 21.
  • Matsumura, S. (1931) A revision of the Palaearctic and Oriental Typhlocybid - grenera with description of new species and new genera. Insecta Matsumurana, 6, 55 - 90.
  • Vilbaste, J. (1968) Faune cicadovykh Primorskogo kraya, Tallin 180 pp.