Annals of Plant Protection Sciences

  • Year: 2005
  • Volume: 13
  • Issue: 1

New Records of Leafhoppers (Hemiptera : Cicadellidae : Deltocephalinae : Chiasmusini & Deltocephalini) from Andhra Pradesh*

  • Author:
  • M.S.V. Chalam, V. Rama Subba Rao, K.C. Punnaiah
  • Total Page Count: 7
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 69 to 75

Department of Entomology, Acharya N G Ranga Agri. Univ., Agricultural College, Bapatla 522 101, India

**Corresponding author; dr_chalam@rediffmail.com

*A part of the Ph.D. thesis submitted by the senior author.

Abstract

Ten species of Leafhoppers viz., Chiasmus niger Pruthi (Chiasmusini); Deltocephalus (Recilia) bispinosus Dash and Viraktamath, D. (R.) fletcheri (Pruthi), D. (R.) hospes (Kirkaldy), D. (R.) intermedius Melichar, D. (R.) menoni (Rao & Ramakrishnan), D. (R.) systenos Dash and Viraktamath, D. (R.) variabilis Dash and Viraktamath, D. (R.) veinatus (Pruthi), D. (R.) xanthocephalus Dash and Viraktamath (Deltocephalini) were reported for the first time from Andhra Pradesh, India. The important diagnostic features along with illustrations of distinguishing genital structures were described.

Keywords

Chiasmus niger, Deltocephalus bispinosus, Hemiptera, New records