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Two new species of Cicadulina China (Hemiptera: Euscelidae) from West Africa

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

Z. T. Dabrowski
Z. T. Dabrowski
Affiliation:
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, P.M.B. 5320, Ibadan, Nigeria
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Abstract

Two new species of Cicadulina, C. ghaurii sp. n. and C. hartmansi sp. n., are described. Both occur over a wide area in Nigeria and Cameroon, and C. ghaurii has been shown to transmit maize streak virus.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 77 , Issue 1 , March 1987 , pp. 53 - 56
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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