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Issue: Vol. 4303 No. 2: 9 Aug. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-08-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4303.2.6
Page range: 264–272
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A new species of genus Nirvana (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Evacanthinae) with note on female genitalia from India

Division of Entomology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110012, India.
Division of Entomology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110012, India.
Hemiptera Distribution morphology key leafhoppers Nirvanini

Abstract

The leafhopper genus Nirvana Kirkaldy (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Evacanthinae) is reviewed, and to the 6 species known so far, one new species Nirvana subsuturalis is added and described from Indian subcontinent. Habitus photographic illustrations, with note on female genitalia, key for all species from the Indian subcontinent is provided.

 

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