A Review of the Planthopper Genus Armacia Stål (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Ricaniidae) with Descriptions of Four New Species from Indonesia and Papua New Guinea

Cui-Ping Bu; Murray J Fletcher; Ai-Ping Liang

doi:10.1673/031.011.8901

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1 July 2011 A Review of the Planthopper Genus Armacia Stål (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Ricaniidae) with Descriptions of Four New Species from Indonesia and Papua New Guinea

Cui-Ping Bu, Murray J Fletcher, Ai-Ping Liang

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J. of Insect Science, 11(89):1-18 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1673/031.011.8901

Abstract

The genus Armacia Stål (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Ricaniidae) is reviewed taxonomically. Four new species of the genus are described and illustrated from West-Pacific region: A. madangensis sp. nov. (Papua New Guinea), A. rubilimba sp. nov. (Indonesia), A. spinae sp. nov. (Indonesia) and A. vigorata sp. nov. (Indonesia), A. albipes (Walker 1868), A. clara (Stål 1859), A. divisura (Walker 1868), A. fusca Melichar 1898, A. hyalinata (Donovan 1805), A. latipennis (Walker 1868), A. nigrifrons (Walker 1858), A. simaethis Fennah 1956, and A. spatiosa (Walker 1868) are redescribed and illustrated. A checklist of all known species and a diagnosis of the genus are provided. A key to all species in the genus is provided.

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Cui-Ping Bu, Murray J Fletcher, and Ai-Ping Liang "A Review of the Planthopper Genus Armacia Stål (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Ricaniidae) with Descriptions of Four New Species from Indonesia and Papua New Guinea," Journal of Insect Science 11(89), 1-18, (1 July 2011). https://doi.org/10.1673/031.011.8901

Received: 10 July 2010; Accepted: 1 September 2010; Published: 1 July 2011

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