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Issue: Vol. 2931 No. 1: 27 Jun. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-06-27
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2931.1.1
Page range: 1–7
Abstract views: 55
PDF downloaded: 21

A remarkable new genus of Dikraneurini (Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from Southeast Asia

Department of Entomology University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bangalore 560 065, India
Illinois Natural History Survey, University of Illinois, 1816 S Oak St., Champaign, Illinois 61820, USA
Hemiptera Homoptera leafhopper morphology distribution

Abstract

Sweta gen. n. is described and illustrated based on type species S. hallucinata sp. n. from northeast India and Thailand and placed in the typhlocybine tribe Dikraneurini. The new genus is unique among known Typhlocybinae in having the pronotum enlarged and extended to the scutellar suture. This feature is characteristic of the related subfamily Signoretiinae, but among other subfamilies is restricted to a few brachypterous forms.

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