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Issue: Vol. 1874 No. 1: 10 Sep. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-09-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1874.1.3
Page range: 35–49
Abstract views: 68
PDF downloaded: 2

Notes on the leafhopper genus Cofana Melichar (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellinae) from India with description of two new species

Center for Biodiversity, Illinois Natural History Survey, 1816 S. Oak Street, Champaign, IL 61820, USA
Department of Entomology, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bangalore – 560 065, India
Hemiptera Auchenorrhyncha Cicadellini Homoptera morphology taxonomy South India

Abstract

A review of the genus Cofana Melichar from India is presented. Seven valid species are recognized of which two species are described as new, namely, C. bidentata sp. nov. and C. spiculata sp. nov. C. karjatensis Ramakrishnan, is treated as synonym of C. unimaculata (Signoret). All species from the Indian subcontinent are re-described and illustrated and a key is provided.

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