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Issue: Vol. 3385 No. 1: 11 Jul. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-07-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3385.1.4
Page range: 43–61
Abstract views: 53
PDF downloaded: 2

Seven new species of the leafhopper genus Tambocerus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from the Indian subcontinent

Department of Entomology, University of Agricultural Scinces, GKVK, Bangalore 560065, India
Hemiptera Auchenorrhyncha new species morphology Deltocephalinae Selenocephalini

Abstract

Seven new species of the genus Tambocerus Zhang & Webb, Tambocerus acutus sp. nov., T. cholas sp. nov. (both from India:Tamil Nadu), T. daii sp. nov. (India: Kerala), T. furcostylus sp. nov. (India: Karnataka, Tamil Nadu), T. krameri sp. nov. (India,Karnataka; Sri Lanka), T. nilgiris sp. nov. (India: Tamil Nadu) and T. zahniseri sp. nov (India: Karnataka) are described andillustrated. T. viraktamathi Rao is redescribed and illustrated. A key to species of Tambocerus from the Indian subcontinent is also given.

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