title: Study of the Oriental genusAlishaniaVilbaste (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from China with description of one new species.
abstract: The Oriental leafhopper genus Alishania Vilbaste, is reviewed and includes A. formosana, A. fodingensis, A. attenuata and a new species, A. quadrilamina sp. nov., found during a survey of leafhoppers in Xizang and described here. A key to males of Alishania species, together with descriptions, a checklist and figures are provided. Based on the structure of the aedeagus, Alishania is here transferred from subtribe Opsiina to subtribe Circuliferina of tribe Opsiini.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management, Ministry of Education, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China. user@example.com.
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Yalin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000818:Animals; D002681:China; D005260:Female; D006430:Hemiptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D013045:Species Specificity
keywords: Hemiptera, Taxonomy, Homoptera, Auchenorrhyncha, Opsiini, Xizang