A new genus and three new species of leafhopper tribe Scaphoideini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from India with a note on Gunghuyana cingalensis Distant

2020/12/14 by C.A. VIRAKTAMATH, H. M. Yeshwanth · 1 citation
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Auchenorrhyncha #Biology #Botany #Ecology #Ethnology #Genus #Hemiptera #Homoptera #Indian subcontinent #Insect-Plant Interactions and Control #Key (lock) #Leafhopper #Orthoptera Research and Taxonomy #PEST analysis #Phytoplasmas and Hemiptera pathogens #Taxonomy (biology) #Tribe #Type species #Zoology

paper · doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4895.1.3

openalex publication_date 2020/12/14 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/26

Abstract

Advikus gen. nov. and three new species, Advikus siddappaji sp. nov. (type species, India: Karnataka), A. andamanicus sp. nov. (India: Andaman Nicobar Islands) and A. radhamaniae sp. nov. (India: Karnataka) are described and illustrated. A key to the known genera of the tribe Scaphoideini from the Indian subcontinent and also the three new species are provided. A lectotype for Gunghuyana cingalensis Distant is designated and the female type is redescribed and illustrated.

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