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Published: 2023-12-07
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Two new Scaphoideini leafhopper genera (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from India

Department of Entomology; University of Agricultural Sciences; GKVK; Bengaluru 560065; India
Hemiptera Kengundia gen. nov. Swetarekha gen. nov. morphology Auchenorrhyncha

Abstract

Two new genera and species of Scaphoideini from India, namely Kengundia flavoscutellata gen. et sp. nov. and Swetarekha multicolor gen. et sp. nov., from the Western Ghats in the Indian state of Karnataka, are described and illustrated. Their relationships with the known genera of the tribe are discussed.

 

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