Chinese Yuan Crown Leafhopper Family Classification

English SummaryTaxonomic Study on Chinese AthysaDini(Homoptera: CicadeIlidae: DeItocephalinae)Dai WuDepartment of PIant Protection, Northwest Science & T6chnoIOgy' University of Agriculture & ForesttyThe thesis is a atonomic study on the 1eafhoppers of the tribe Athysanini from China. It inc1udesthe fOIIowing prt: introduction, review of its taXonomic histom materiaIs and methods morPhologyzoOgeWhy the economic importance, taxonomy and discussion of Athysanini. FirstIy' the researehhiStOry on the taxOnomy of Athysanini boh worIdwide and Cbinese fauna is reviewed. ln themorphology part, the taxonomic characters and terms are out1ined. Moreover, the biogeography andeconomIc Impormnce of AthpeinI ls summarized. triIfy 60 specIes of 32 poera ln the tribeAMini are recOgnized. of which 30 sPecies and 7 genera are new to scienc6, 9 genera and 10 sPeCiesare newIy recorded frOm Chira One species is transferred as new combinations and one synonym isrecognized and revised- Keys are given to all the genera and species concemed. The male genita1ia ofal1the new seeeies are iIluSrated; FinaIIy, ProbIems on ihe thenoiny of Athysanint'are 'disctissed. At theend of the PaPer, references and index to both chinese and scientific names are attaCed.The new taXa. new meoeds to Chinase fauna and the new Synonyms proPOsed in this study areIist6d as fol1ows:New genera: Abrus, twtheus, Nebula, PrObous, Pcoewtttir, Sepeus, XOnthosolendNew SPecies: Abrus hengshOnensis, Abna ~Is, Athepeis, Abns w~le, Abnsdadngshanensis, Abrus Wforens1k, Bambusana foPhansis, Bambusrma serm, Bewbo, ConsePare ~, boIemus lunbo, twbous --m, bouszhouquasis, Loptend yZmnanensiS, theumarella Parapotudea, theamarella ParadelIa,Wumarella sinam, WoteIIir breviS, Nebuto emeboiS, Nebulayeleri, NeurotBttis robustus,OrIentuspuncMns, Orhotus shaanxi6nsis, ParaneareIeuis Wus, PQrmeusPrOcessus, PIpetusuncinQtto, PmtenSus choui, Protensus dentatus, Wus sena, xanthosoteItir zhangi.New generic reconis: BaInbusona Anufriev, Bonof Distgnt, CouePam Linnavuori & DeIong,CtenurelIa Vilbaste, Euscehdus Ribaut, Euscelis BrulIe, IdfodOnus Ball, Maednus EmeIjanov,Wus young.New species records: AIhysanus Iattwclblus Kato, Banus obIaIus Distant, OenureIlaPaIudoaVilbaste, wt schenkH (Kirschbaum), ha disbo (Kirschbaum), bouslv"cruenlatus (Panzer), Macednus marginata Ernelj anov. Ophiolajakowleffi (Lethierry)~ Protensus dent at us (Vilbaste), Streptanus confines (Reuter) n. rec..The new synonym: Usuironus quadrimaculatus Cai et Shen, n. syn.[ Handianus (Usuironus)limb fer (Matsumura)The new combination: Protensus kiushiuensis (Vilbaste) n. comb. (Albicostella Kiushiuensis Vilbaste)The type specimens of the new species are deposited separately in the Northwest Sci-Tech University of Agriculture and Forestry (NWSUAF) ,lnstitute of Zoology, Academic Sinica (IZAS), Zhongshan University (ZSU) , Agricultural University of China (CAU), which are indicated under each species.