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Issue: Vol. 2224 No. 1: 8 Sep. 2009
Type: Articles
Published: 2009-09-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2224.1.3
Page range: 51–59
Abstract views: 37
PDF downloaded: 3

Three new species of Goniagnathus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from the Indian subcontinent with description of a new subgenus

Department of Entomology, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bangalore 560065, India
Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
Hemiptera Homoptera morphology classification key distribution

Abstract

Tropicognathus subgen. nov. of Goniagnathus is described with Goniagnathus fumosus Distant as the type species. Three new species, Goniagnathus (Tropicognathus) anufrievi sp. nov. (India: Karnataka), Goniagnathus (Tropicognathus) nepalicus sp. nov. (Nepal: Kathmandu) and Goniagnathus (Tropicognathus) zeylanicus sp. nov. (Sri Lanka) are described and illustrated. G. bicolor Distant is placed as a junior synyonym of G. fumosus Distant. A key to the subgenera and species of Goniagnathus from the Indian subcontinent is also given.

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