A new cicada species of Psalmocharias Kirkaldy feeding on an Ephedra plant from China (Hemiptera: Cicadidae)

被引：3
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作者：
Wang, Xu [1 ]
He, Zhiqiang [2 ]
Wei, Cong [1 ]
机构：
[1] Northwest A&F Univ, Key Lab Plant Protect Resources & Pest Management, Minist Educ, Entomol Museum, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, Peoples R China
[2] Tarim Univ, Coll Plant Sci, Alar 843300, Xinjiang, Peoples R China
来源：
ZOOTAXA | 2017年 / 4290卷 / 02期
基金：
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词：
Cicadomorpha; Cicadoidea; Cicadatrini; morphology; taxonomy;
D O I：
10.11646/zootaxa.4290.2.6
中图分类号：
Q95 [动物学];
学科分类号：
071002 ;
摘要：
A new species of the genus Psalmocharias Kirkaldy, 1908, P. akesensis sp. nov., from Xinjiang, China is described. A key to all species of Psalmocharias is provided. This new species feeds on the medicinal plant Ephedra intermedia Schrenk ex Mey, which contains various medicinally active alkaloids ( notably ephedrine) and stimulates the central nervous system and influence muscle contraction of animals. The discovery of this new species may be informative for future studies of the detoxification mechanism in insects and for the protection of this important medicinal plant.
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页码：367 / 372
页数：6
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