The tea green leafhopper, Empoasca onukii Matsuda (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae, Typhlocybinae), is a serious pest of plants in East Asia. In the laboratory, genotypes CA278, Cd19, and Cd289 [Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze (Theaceae)] sustain fewer feeding damage symptoms known as hopperburn than susceptible cultivar ‘Yabukita,’ E. excretes less honeydew on them Yabukita. Here, we evaluated whethe...

BACKGROUND One clade of Malagasy leaf chameleons, the Brookesia minima group, is known to contain species that rank among the smallest amniotes in the world. We report on a previously unrecognized radiation of these miniaturized lizards comprising four new species described herein. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS The newly discovered species appear to be restricted to single, mostly karstic, l...

In the present study, a new species of genus, Tripleurospermum eskilensis (Asteraceae), is described from Central Anatolia, Turkey. The has been collected Eskil region in restricted area (Aksaray Province). It grows salty steppe, and closely related to T. decipiens terms morphological characteristics. also morphologically compared with discoid disciform capitulated This study includes its detai...

Depreissia is a little known genus comprising two hymenopteran-mimicking species, one found in Central Africa and one in the north of Borneo. The male of Depreissia decipiens is redescribed, the female is described for the first time. The carapace is elongated, dorsally flattened and rhombus-shaped, the rear of the thorax laterally depressed and transformed, with a pair of deep pits; the pedice...