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Two new species of the bamboo-feeding planthopper genus Purohita Distant from China (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Delphacidae).

ABSTRACT: Two new species of the bamboo-feeding genus Purohita Distant, 1906, P.castaneus sp. nov. and P.circumcincta sp. nov., are described and illustrated from southwest China (Yunnan), giving the genus thirteen species in total. A key is provided to distinguish eight Chinese species in the genus.

SUBMITTER: Li HX

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6586714 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Two new species of the bamboo-feeding planthopper genus Purohita Distant from China (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Delphacidae).

Li Hong-Xing HX Yang Lin L Chen Xiang-Sheng XS

ZooKeys 20190613

Two new species of the bamboo-feeding genus Purohita Distant, 1906, P.castaneus sp. nov. and P.circumcincta sp. nov., are described and illustrated from southwest China (Yunnan), giving the genus thirteen species in total. A key is provided to distinguish eight Chinese species in the genus. ...[more]

PMID: 31244543

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