title: Alafrasca sticta, a new genus and species of the tribe Empoascini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) with a checklist of the tribe from China.
abstract: A new monotypic genus of empoascine leafhopper, Alafrasca gen. nov. is described and illustrated for A. sticta sp. nov. from Sichuan, China as its type species. Habitus photos and illustrations of male genitalia of the new species are given. A checklist of the tribe in China is also provided.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of the Ministry of Education; Entomological Museum, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Si-Han
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of the Ministry of Education; Entomological Museum, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China; Email: qindaozh@nwsuaf.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Dao-Zheng
authors.initials: DZ
authors.lastname: Qin
mesh_terms: D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D000818:Animals; D057189:Checklist; D002681:China; D005260:Female; D006430:Hemiptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*; D008297:Male