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Review of the genus Vekunta Distant from China, with descriptions of two new species (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Derbidae).

ABSTRACT: The derbid genus Vekunta Distant, 1906 is reviewed. Two new species, V.bambusana sp. n. and V.pentaprocessusa sp. n., are described and illustrated from the southwest of China to give the genus twenty-nine species in China. A checklist and a key to species of the genus from China are also provided.

SUBMITTER: Sui YJ

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6391365 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Review of the genus Vekunta Distant from China, with descriptions of two new species (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Derbidae).

Sui Yong-Jin YJ Chen Xiang-Sheng XS

ZooKeys 20190219 825

The derbid genus Vekunta Distant, 1906 is reviewed. Two new species, V.bambusana sp. n. and V.pentaprocessusa sp. n., are described and illustrated from the southwest of China to give the genus twenty-nine species in China. A checklist and a key to species of the genus from China are also provided. ...[more]

PMID: 30820160

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