Annals of Plant Protection Sciences
  • Year: 2005
  • Volume: 13
  • Issue: 2

Description of a new leafhopper genus for Deltocephalus rufobilineatus melichar (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Deltocephalinae)

  • Author:
  • M.S.V. Chalam1, V. Rama Subba Rao1
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • Page Number: 384 to 387

1Department of Entomology, Agricultural College, Acharya N G Ranga Agri. Univ., Bapatla, 522 101, India

*Corresponding author. E-mail: dr_chalam@rediffmail.com

Abstract

Bhavapura gen. nov. with Deltocephalus rufobilineatus Melichar as the type species belonging to the tribe Paralimnini was described and illustrated from Andhra Pradesh, India. The genus was closely related to Hengchunia vilbaste, but differed from it in having three subapical cells and structure of aedeagus and styles. Deltocephalus rufobilineatus Melichar was transferred to Bhavapura gen. nov. and re-described.

Keywords

Bhavapura, Deltocephalus, rufobilineatus, New genus