<strong>A review of the coelidiine leafhopper genus <em>Mahellus</em> (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Coelidiinae) with description of two new species from the Oriental region</strong>

C.A. VIRAKTAMATH; NARESH M. MESHRAM

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4258.3.4

Issue: Vol. 4258 No. 3: 28 Apr. 2017

Type: Article

Published: 2017-04-28

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4258.3.4

Page range: 271–280

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**A review of the coelidiine leafhopper genus Mahellus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Coelidiinae) with description of two new species from the Oriental region**

C.A. VIRAKTAMATH⁺⁻
NARESH M. MESHRAM⁺⁻

Department of Entomology, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru 560065, India.

Division of Entomology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa campus, New Delhi 110 012, India.

Hemiptera Auchenorrhyncha morphology Distribution

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Abstract

Two new species of the genus Mahellus Nielson, M. cardoni sp. nov. (Indonesia: Sulawesi) and M. ungulatus sp. nov. (India: Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu) are described and illustrated. M. distanti Nielson is also illustrated with several new locality records. A key for the four known species of the genus is also given.

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