Abstract
The leafhopper tribe Mukariini (Deltocephalinae) is newly recorded from Pakistan and Bangladesh. Members of the tribe are reviewed including the genus Benglebra Mahmood & Ahmed 1969 from Bangladesh, which was previously placed in Typhlocybinae, new placement. The identities of its two included species, B. alami Mahmood & Ahmed and B. bipunctata Mahmood & Ahmed are discussed, and their types re-examined and illustrated. Two other, included and figured, Mukariini newly recorded from Bangaldesh and Pakistan are: Mukaria splendida Distant and Flatfronta sp., respectively. Hussainiana tripunctata Mahmood & Ahmed 1969 is synonymised with Kolla ceylonica Melichar 1903, syn. nov., of the subfamily Cicadellinae, resulting in the synonymy of Hussainiana with Kolla Distant 1908, syn. nov.References
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