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Type: Article
Published: 2014-09-05
Page range: 280–290
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Review of the idiocerine leafhoppers of Pakistan (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae) with a description of a new species

Department of Entomology, Sindh Agriculture University Tando Jam, Sindh, Pakistan.
The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, U.K.
Idiocerinae checklist key

Abstract

The Idiocerinae of Pakistan are reviewed and a new species, Tasnimocerus sindhensis sp. nov. (Pakistan: Tandojam), is described and illustrated from Pakistan. Two new junior synonyms of Idioscopus nitidulus (Walker) are recognized: Idioscopus karachiensis Ahmed, Naheed & Ahmed syn. nov. and I. freytagi Ahmed, Naheed & Ahmed syn. nov. Idioscopus nagpurensis (Pruthi) is newly recorded from Pakistan. A checklist of Idiocerinae from Pakistan is also provided together with a key to genera and species.