A NEW SPECIES OF GRAPE-VINE LEAFHOPPERS, GENUS ARBORIDIA ZAKHVATKIN, 1946 (HOMOPTERA: CICADELLIDAE) FROM IRAQ

Authors

  • Hassan S. Al-Asady Department Of Biology,College Of Education For Pure Science,Ibn Al-Haithm,Baghdad/Iraq
  • Abdulbaset M. Amin Department of Hortculture And Forests,College Of Agriculture,University Of Salahddin, Erbil Province, Kurdistan/Iraq.
  • Sara Dasco Younis Department of Hortculture And Forests,College Of Agriculture,University Of Salahddin, Erbil Province, Kurdistan/Iraq.

Keywords:

Description, Cicadellidae, Homoptera, New species.

Abstract

Among a collection of leafhoppers from Erbil Province in Kurdistan/Iraq, a new species of the genus Arboridia Zakhvatkin, 1946 was designated and described here as a new species  to  the science. The erection of this species was mainly built on the external characters included the male genitalia. Sites and dates of collections so as the host-plants were verified.

 

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Published

2014-07-01

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 1 (2014)

Section

Original Articles