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Issue: Vol. 5719 No. 4: 14 Nov. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-11-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5719.4.1
Page range: 451-473
Abstract views: 28
PDF downloaded: 1

Leafhoppers of the genus Batracomorphus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Iassinae) of Kibale National Park, Uganda, with descriptions of seven new species

Ecology; Evolution and Environment Research Centre; School of Life Sciences; Anglia Ruskin University; East Road; Cambridge; CB1 1PT; UK
Hemiptera Auchenorrhyncha new species new record Afrotropical East Africa

Abstract

Thirteen leafhoppers of the genus Batracomorphus Lewis, 1834 were identified from Kibale National Park, Uganda. Five previously recognised species were recorded from Uganda for the first time, and the following seven species are described as new: B. ruthae sp. nov.; B. pardos sp. nov.; B. stictopterus sp. nov.; B. chloros sp. nov.; B. eusemos sp. nov.; B. kibalensis sp. nov.; B. ntomino sp. nov.

 

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How to Cite

Helden, A.J. (2025) Leafhoppers of the genus Batracomorphus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Iassinae) of Kibale National Park, Uganda, with descriptions of seven new species. Zootaxa, 5719 (4), 451–473. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5719.4.1