Planthoppers of the family Cixiidae from vicinity of Ambo, Ethiopia (Homoptera, Cicadina)
A.F. Emeljanov
Abstract. 14 species, 10 of them new, are recorded from vicinity of Ambo. New taxa: Myndus (Myndodus subg. n.) velox sp. n. (type species of the subgenus), M. (Myndodus) visendus sp. n., Cixius (Alcixius subg. n., type species C. stigmaticalis Mel.) morion sp. n., Mnemosynina subtrib. n. in Pentastirini, Atonurus gen. n. (type species Cixius natalensis Stål) with Olipara subg. n. (type species Oliarus guineensis Van Stalle), Suriola gen. n. (type species Oliarus fici Van Stalle), Eumecurus binaevulatus, E. bilineolatus, E. vanstallei, Pentastiridius confumatus, P. incultus, P. dedecorus, Afroreptalus daemon spp.n. The taxonomic position of many African Cixiidae is discussed and new combinations established.
Zoosystematica Rossica, 1992, 1(1): 20–36 ▪ Published in print 10 March 1993
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