A new cicada species of Psalmocharias Kirkaldy feeding on an Ephedra plant from China (Hemiptera: Cicadidae)
A new cicada species of Psalmocharias Kirkaldy feeding on an Ephedra plant from China (Hemiptera: Cicadidae)
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以中国麻黄植物为食的 Psalmocharias Kirkaldy 蝉新种（半翅目：蝉科）
DOI：
10.11646/zootaxa.4290.2.6
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发表时间：
2017-07
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影响因子：
0.9
通讯作者：
Wei Cong
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作者：
Wang Xu;He Zhiqiang;Wei Cong
Psalmocharias Kirkaldy 属新种，1908，P. akesensis sp。十一月，来自中国新疆的描述。提供了所有 Psalmocharias 物种的钥匙。这个新物种以药用植物麻黄为食，其中含有多种药用活性生物碱（尤其是麻黄碱），可刺激中枢神经系统并影响动物的肌肉收缩。这一新物种的发现可能为昆虫解毒机制的未来研究和这种重要药用植物的保护提供信息。
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.