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<i>Hishimonus</i> Ishihara is a large genus of leafhoppers widely distributed in Asia, Africa, and Australia. Its greatest diversity appears to be in the Oriental region where recent investigations on <i>Hishimonus</i> suggest much of the diversity remains undocumented. In the present study, twenty-eight species of the leafhopper genus <i>Hishimonus</i> Ishihara from China are reviewed based on comparative morphological study, including ten new species: <i>H. fletcheri</i> sp. nov., <i>H. lii</i> sp. nov., <i>H. dietrichi</i> sp. nov., <i>H. kuohi</i> sp. nov., <i>H. tenuis</i> sp. nov., <i>H. hamuleus</i> sp. nov., <i>H. triangulus</i> sp. nov., <i>H. virakatmathiellus</i> sp. nov., <i>H. paraphycitis</i> sp. nov., and <i>H. yuanmouensis</i> sp. nov. Two additional species (<i>Hishimonus knightiellus</i> Virktamath &amp; Murthy and <i>Hishimonus subtilis</i> Knight) are recorded from China for the first time. Furthermore, three new synonymies are proposed: <i>Hishimonus reflexus</i> Kuoh, 1976 syn. nov. and <i>Hishimonus biuncinatus</i> Li, 1988 syn. nov. are reduced to synonymy with <i>Hishimonus bucephalus</i> Emeljanov, 1969; <i>Hishimonus lamellatus</i> Cai &amp; Kuoh, 1995 syn. nov. is a junior synonym of <i>Hishimonus expansivus</i> Li, 1988. All the taxa are described and illustrated based on observations of specimens from China. The first study of the female genitalia of Chinese <i>Hishimonus</i> reveals considerable similarity among the <i>Hishimonus</i> species studied. A key and list of all Chinese <i>Hishimonus</i> species are also provided.