Abstract
The paper deals with the species of the Oriental leafhopper genus Taperus Li & Wang. A new species, Taperus daozhenensis sp. n., from Guizhou Province, China is described and new records for other Chinese species are given together with a key for their separation. The type specimens of the new species are deposited in the Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University (GUGC).
Highlights
The leafhopper genus Taperus was established by Li and Wang in 1994 with Taperus fasciatus Li & Wang as its type species, at same time Li and Wang described two more species, T. albivittatus and T. apicalis
Three new species were described in the genus by Cai and Shen (1997, 1999) and Li and Wang (2001)
Key to species of the genus Taperus Li & Wang based on male adults
Summary
The leafhopper genus Taperus was established by Li and Wang in 1994 with Taperus fasciatus Li & Wang as its type species, at same time Li and Wang described two more species, T. albivittatus and T. apicalis. Key to species of the genus Taperus Li & Wang based on male adults A new species and new records of Taperus Li & Wang, 1994 Taperus albivittatus Li and Wang, 1994: 375; 1996: 115; Zhang et al 2010: 39 After reexamining the holotype of this species, we found the count of spine-like processes on the apex of the aedeagus was wrong in the original description, we corrected it in above keys.
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