title: The genus Cixius Latreille, 1804 (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Cixiidae) in Lebanon with the description of two new species.
abstract: A first list of Cixius fauna of Lebanon is here provided with the description of two new species: one within the subgenus Acanthocixius, Cixius bifidispinus sp. nov. and one within the subgenus Ceratocixius Cixius superremotus sp. nov. The standard morphological description is supplemented by sequence data of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) gene fragment. Some notes on their distribution and economic importance are also reported.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Forestali e Alimentari (DISAFA), Università di Torino, Largo Braccini 2, 10095 Grugliasco (TO), Italy.; Email: luca.picciau@unito.it.
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Picciau
authors.affiliation: Evolutions- und Biodiversitätsforschung an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Invalidenstr. 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany.; Email: hannelore.hoch@mfn-berlin.de.
authors.forename: Hannelore
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hoch
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Forestali e Alimentari (DISAFA), Università di Torino, Largo Braccini 2, 10095 Grugliasco (TO), Italy.; Email: rosemarie.tedeschi@unito.it.
authors.forename: Rosemarie
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tedeschi
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Forestali e Alimentari (DISAFA), Università di Torino, Largo Braccini 2, 10095 Grugliasco (TO), Italy.; Email: alberto.alma@unito.it.
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alma
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006430:Hemiptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology; D007861:Lebanon; D008297:Male; D013045:Species Specificity