title: Studies on idiocerine leafhoppers with descriptions of Chinaocerus gen. nov. and three new species from China (Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha: Cicadellidae).
abstract: A new leafhopper genus of the tribe Idiocerini (Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha: Cicadellidae), Chinaocerus, is described from the southwest China together with three new species, C. kangdingensis Zhang & Li sp. nov. (Sichuan Province), C. bispinatus Zhang & Li sp. nov. (Yunnan Province) and C. shii Zhang & Li sp. nov. (Sichuan Province). Descriptions and illustrations of these three new species are provided, and a key for their separation is also given.
authors.affiliation: School of Biological Science and Engineering, Shaanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong, 723000, P.R.China College of life Sciences and Technology, Inner Mongolia Normal University, Hohhot 010022, P.R. China; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Li-Hong
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Dang
authors.affiliation: College of life Sciences and Technology, Inner Mongolia Normal University, Hohhot 010022, P.R. China; Email: zhangbinnmg@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, P.R. China; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Zi-Zhong
authors.initials: ZZ
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D002681:China; D017753:Ecosystem; D005260:Female; D006430:Hemiptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size