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Published: 2023-09-19
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Bambuphaga, a new bamboo feeding-leafhopper genus (Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Punctulini) from India

Division of Entomology; ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute; New Delhi 110012; India.; ICAR-Directorate of Weed Research; Jabalpur; Madhya Pradesh 482004; India
ICAR-Central Citrus Research Institute; Nagpur; Maharashtra 440033; India.
Division of Entomology; ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute; New Delhi 110012; India. ICAR-Central Citrus Research Institute; Nagpur; Maharashtra 440033; India.
Hemiptera Punctulini morphology taxonomy bamboo India

Abstract

A new genus of bamboo feeding leafhopper, Bambuphaga n. gen. (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Delcephalinae) with Bambuphaga balajii n. sp. from India (Andhra Pradesh) as the type species is described, illustrated, placed in the tribe Punctulini and an annotated checklist to the tribe is provided. The type specimens and material examined are deposited in the National Pusa Collection (NPC), Indian Council of Agricultural Research-Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi, India.

 

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