Nomenclatural changes in the tribe Empoascini of the subfamily Typhlocybinae (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae)

Abstract

One genus and species are synonymized in the tribe Empoascini of the subfamily Typhlocybinae. Bhatasca Dworakowska, 1995is a junior synonym of Alebrasca Hayashi & Okada, 1994, Bhatasca rectangulata Qin & Zhang, 2011is a junior synonym of Alebrasca actinidiae Hayashi & Okada, 1994. Furthermore, Bhatasca expansa is (necessarily) transferred to the genus Alebrasca.

Alafrasca sticta, a new genus and species of the tribe Empoascini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) with a checklist of the tribe from China

“…The Chinese Empoascini were studied by Matsumura (1931), Wu (1935), Dworakowska (1971Dworakowska ( , 1972Dworakowska ( , 1973Dworakowska ( , 1976Dworakowska ( , 1982Dworakowska ( , 1994Dworakowska ( , 1995Dworakowska ( , 1997, Kuoh (1966), Chou & Ma (1981), Cai & Shen (1981), Chou & Zhang (1987), Zhang & Chou (1988), Zhang (1990), Zhang & Xiao (2000), , 2005, Zhang et al (2008Zhang et al ( , 2010, Qin & Zhang (2003, 2007a, 2007b, 2008a, 2008b, 2011, Qin et al (2010Qin et al ( , 2011aQin et al ( , 2011bQin et al ( , 2013, Liu et al (2011aLiu et al ( , 2011bLiu et al ( , 2011cLiu et al ( , 2011d, Lu et al (2013), Yu & Yang (2012, 2013a, 2013b. More than 180 species in 31 genera are known from China today.…”

A new genus and species in the tribe Empoascini (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Typhlocybinae) from China

“…The fauna of Empoascini in China is very rich. Recent studies of this tribe include Lu et al (2013) , Qin et al (2013) and Yu and Yang (2013a , 2013b ) with more than 180 Chinese species in 32 genera having been reported so far. However, the Chinese fauna of this tribe remains obscure and many new taxa await being described.…”

Lumicella, a new genus of the tribe Empoascini (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Typhlocybinae) from China

“…The fauna of Empoascini in China is very rich and diverse, this is associated with China’s high biodiversity. To date, 31 genera of this tribe have been described in Chinese fauna ( Matsumura 1931 ; Dworakowska 1971 , 1973 , 1982 , 1993 , 1995 ; Zhang 1990 ; Qin 2003 ; Zhang and Qin 2004 , 2005 ; Qin and Zhang 2003 , 2008 ; Qin et al 2010 , 2011a , 2011b , 2013 ); Qin and Zhang (2008) provided a key to the genera of the tribe from China. However, our knowledge of the Chinese fauna of this tribe is still incomplete with many genera and species remaining to be described.…”