Revision of the Oriental leafhopper genus Toba with description of a related new genus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Stegelytrinae)

oleh: Cong WEI, Mick D. WEBB, Yalin ZHANG

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Science 2007-04-01

Deskripsi

The Oriental leafhopper genus Toba Schmidt is reviewed and placed in the subfamily Stegelytrinae Baker. Its type species, T. fasciculata Schmidt, and a new species T. sandakanensis Wei & Webb, are described with details of the male and female genitalia given for the first time. A related new genus and species, Paratoba longa Wei & Webb, gen. n. and sp. n., are described. The subfamily status and the morphological similarities between these two genera and other taxa are discussed.