A new leafhopper genus with two new species related to Masiripius Dlabola, 1981 (Hemiptera, Deltocephalinae, Cicadellidae, Opsiini)

  • Saad A. El-Sonbati King Saud University, Plant Protection Department, College of Food and Agriculture Science, King Saud University Museum of Arthropods, P.O. Box 2460, Riyadh 11451.
  • Michael R. Wilson Department of Natural Sciences, National Museum of Wales, Cardiff CF10 3NP, Wales.
  • Hathal M. Al Dhafer King Saud University, Plant Protection Department, College of Food and Agriculture Science, King Saud University Museum of Arthropods, P.O. Box 2460, Riyadh 11451.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2017.308
Keywords: Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha, Cicadellidae, Deltoephalinae, Opsiini, leafhoppers

Abstract

The genus Oshaibahus El-Sonbati & Wilson gen. nov. is described with the type species Platymetopius zizyphi Bergevin, 1922. Two new species, O. kadiae El-Sonbati & Wilson gen. et sp. nov. from Sudan and O. linnavuorii El-Sonbati & Wilson gen. et sp. nov. from Iraq are described, and a new combination, Oshaibahus zizyphi (Bergevin, 1922) gen. et comb. nov. is proposed. The genus Masiripius Dlabola, 1981 (type species: Mahalana lugubris Distant, 1918) is redefined. An illustrated key to genera of the subtribe Opsiina and a key to species of Oshaibahus gen. nov. are presented to facilitate identification.

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Published
2017-04-06
How to Cite
El-Sonbati, S. A., Wilson, M. R., & Dhafer, H. M. A. (2017). A new leafhopper genus with two new species related to Masiripius Dlabola, 1981 (Hemiptera, Deltocephalinae, Cicadellidae, Opsiini). European Journal of Taxonomy, (308). https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2017.308
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No. 308 (2017): A new leafhopper genus with two new species related to Masiripius Dlabola, 1981 (Hemiptera, Deltocephalinae, Cicadellidae, Opsiini)
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Entomology
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