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Issue: Vol. 1307 No. 1: 4 Sep. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-09-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1307.1.2
Page range: 35–39
Abstract views: 38
PDF downloaded: 2

Canopyana vateriae gen. nov. and sp. nov.—A leafhopper breeding on Vateria indica and a new record of Bhatia distanti (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Selenocephalinae) from south India

epartment of Entomology, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bangalore 560065, India
Institute of Wood Science and Technology, P.O. Malleswaram, Bangalore 560 003, India
Hemiptera Cicadellidae Selenocephalinae Canopy sampling Canopyana gen. nov.

Abstract

Canopyana gen. nov. with Canopyana vateriae sp. nov. as type species is described and illustrated. The new species was collected on Vateria indica L. (Dipterocarpaceae) while canopy was being sampled in Karnataka. The new genus is similar to Kutara Distant but differs in differently placed antennal bases, shape of the head and the male genitalia. Bhatia distanti Zhang and Webb previously known only from Sri Lanka is recorded for the first time from Western Ghats of India.

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