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Issue: Vol. 4758 No. 1: 27 Mar. 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-03-27
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4758.1.8
Page range: 176–180
Abstract views: 93
PDF downloaded: 2

Two new species of bamboo-feeding leafhopper genus Flatfronta (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Deltocephalinae) from India

Division of Entomology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110012, India
Division of Entomology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110012, India
Division of Entomology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110012, India
Hemiptera Mukariini Deltocepahlinae key bamboo morphology

Abstract

Two new species of the bamboo-feeding leafhopper genus Flatfronta, F. dibangi sp. nov. (Arunachal Pradesh: Basar) and F. uttara sp. nov. (Uttarakhand: Pantnagar) are described and illustrated from India. A checklist and a key to known species of the genus are also provided. Types are deposited in the National Pusa Collection (NPC), Division of Entomology, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi, India.

 

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