A revision of the leafhopper tribe Scaphytopiini from India and Nepal (Insecta, Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Deltocephalinae)
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 1999 |
| Authors | Viraktamath, C, A.; Murthy, H, V. A. |
| Journal Title | Senckenbergiana Biologica |
| Volume | 79 |
| Pagination | 39-55 |
| ISBN Number | 0037-2102 |
| Key Words | new genus; taxonomy; new species; new taxa; redescriptions; synonyms; keys; agricultural entomology; Cicadellidae; Ziziphus; arthropods |
| Abstract | The species of the tribe Scaphytopiini of India and Nepal are revised and redescribed. Three new genera and 6 new species, including Grammacephalus indicus sp. nov. from Ziziphus sp. in Delhi, India, are described. Varta is treated as distinct from Stymphalus , and Purpuranus is considered as a junior synonym of Varta . The genera Pugla , Masiripius and the included species are redescribed. A key to genera and a revised key to species of Grammacephalus are included. |
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