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Two new species of Exitianus Ball (Homoptera, Cicadelloidea, Euscelidae) related to E. turneri Ross, One Infesting Rice in Ghana

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

M. S. K. Ghauri
Affiliation:
Commonwealth Institute of Entomology, c/c British Museum (Nat. Hist.), Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD

Abstract

Exitianus occidentalis from rice in Ghana and E. centralis from Uganda and Congo, forming a subgroup with the hitherto unique species E. turneri Ross, are described as new. Comparative illustrations and notes are given for all three species.

Type
Original Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1974

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References

Ghauri, M. S. K. (1972). New species of Exitianus Ball (Homoptera, Cicadelloidea, Euscelidae) from Africa.—Bull. ent. Res. 61, 689692.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Ross, H. H. (1968). The evolution and dispersal of the grassland leafhopper genus Exitianus, with keys to the old world species (Cicadellidae: Hemiptera).—Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 22, 130.Google Scholar