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Issue: Vol. 5375 No. 3: 23 Nov. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-11-23
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5375.3.7
Page range: 439-444
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A new species of leafhopper genus Sophonia (Evacanthinae: Cicadellidae: Hemiptera) from India

Division of Entomology; Indian Council of Agriculture Research-Indian Agricultural Research Institute; New Delhi 110012; India ICAR-Central Citrus Research Institute; Nagpur; 440033; India
Division of Entomology; Indian Council of Agriculture Research-Indian Agricultural Research Institute; New Delhi 110012; India ICAR-Central Citrus Research Institute; Nagpur; 440033; India
Division of Entomology; Indian Council of Agriculture Research-Indian Agricultural Research Institute; New Delhi 110012; India ICAR-Central Citrus Research Institute; Nagpur; 440033; India
Hemiptera Nirvanini morphology key New Delhi

Abstract

A new evacanthine leafhopper of the tribe Nirvanini, Sophonia submodesta sp. n. (Himachal Pradesh: Nauni), is described and illustrated from India. An annotated key is provided for the identification of all 17 species known under the genus Sophonia reported from the Indian subcontinent. Type material is deposited in the National Pusa Collection, Division of Entomology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute (ICAR-IARI), New Delhi, India.

 

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