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ArticlePloS one2015

Clarification of the Identity of the Tea Green Leafhopper Based on Morphological Comparison between Chinese and Japanese Specimens.

Daozheng Qin, Li Zhang, Qiang Xiao, Christopher Dietrich, Masaya Matsumura

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Article in PloS one, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24citing papers in PubMed
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 57 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Daozheng QinKey Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of the Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China.
Li ZhangKey Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of the Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China.
Qiang XiaoTea Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Christopher DietrichIllinois Natural History Survey, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois, United States of America.
Masaya MatsumuraKyushu Okinawa Agricultural Research Center, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Koshi, Kumamoto, Japan.
Northwest A&F University · CNChinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences · CNIllinois Archaeological Survey · USKyushu Okinawa Agricultural Research Center · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tea green leafhopper is one of the most dominant pests in major tea production regions of East Asia. This species has been variously identified as Empoasca vitis (Goëthe), Jacobiasca formosana (Paoli) and Empoasca onukii Matsuda in Mainland China, Taiwan and Japan, respectively. Recent study of DNA sequence data suggested that treatment of this pest as different species in these three adjacent regions is incorrect and that they were a single species; but the correct scientific name for the species has remained unclear. Consistent with the prior molecular evidence, morphological study shows that the male genital characters of Chinese specimens are the same as those of specimens from Japan, so the correct scientific name of tea green leafhopper in China is Empoasca (Matsumurasca) onukii Matsuda.

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AnimalsChinaHemipteraJapanTaiwanTeaTea

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PMID26422616
PMCPMC4589377
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