Kapsa quadrispina

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Membracoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Paraneoptera Superordo: Condylognatha Ordo: Hemiptera Subordo: Auchenorrhyncha Infraordo: Cicadomorpha Superfamilia: Membracoidea

Familia: Cicadellidae
Subfamilia: Typhlocybinae
Tribus: Erythroneurini
Genus: Kapsa
Species: Kapsa quadrispina

Name

• Kapsa quadrispina Song & Li, 2012

Holotype: GUGC, male.

Type locality: China: Guizhou Province, Mayanghe National Nature Reserve, at light, 30 Sep. 2007, coll. Yue-hua Song.

Etymology: The specific name is derived from the Latin prefix “quadri-” and the Latin word “spina”, referring to the aedeagus with four processes.

References

• Song, Y.; Li, Z. 2012: Four new species of the leafhopper genus Kapsa Dworakowska from China (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Typhlocybinae), with a key to Chinese species. ZooKeys 212: 25-33. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.212.3000 Reference page.