title: Clarification of the Identity of the Tea Green Leafhopper Based on Morphological Comparison between Chinese and Japanese Specimens.
abstract: Tea green leafhopper is one of the most dominant pests in major tea production regions of East Asia. This species has been variously identified as Empoasca vitis (Goëthe), Jacobiasca formosana (Paoli) and Empoasca onukii Matsuda in Mainland China, Taiwan and Japan, respectively. Recent study of DNA sequence data suggested that treatment of this pest as different species in these three adjacent regions is incorrect and that they were a single species; but the correct scientific name for the species has remained unclear. Consistent with the prior molecular evidence, morphological study shows that the male genital characters of Chinese specimens are the same as those of specimens from Japan, so the correct scientific name of tea green leafhopper in China is Empoasca (Matsumurasca) onukii Matsuda.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of the Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China.
authors.forename: Daozheng
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Qin
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of the Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China.
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Tea Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
authors.forename: Qiang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.affiliation: Illinois Natural History Survey, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois, United States of America.
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dietrich
authors.affiliation: Kyushu Okinawa Agricultural Research Center, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Koshi, Kumamoto, Japan.
authors.forename: Masaya
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matsumura
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002681:China; D006430:Hemiptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology; D007564:Japan; D013624:Taiwan; D013662:Tea
chemical_list: D013662:Tea