Notes on the leafhopper genus Cofana Melichar (Hemiptera : Cicadellidae : Cicadellinae) from India with description of two new species

Sindhu M. Krishnankutty; Chandrasekhara A. Viraktamath

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1874.1.3

Notes on the leafhopper genus Cofana Melichar (Hemiptera : Cicadellidae : Cicadellinae) from India with description of two new species

Sindhu M. Krishnankutty, Chandrasekhara A. Viraktamath

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Abstract

A review of the genus Cofana Melichar from India is presented. Seven valid species are recognized of which two species are described as new, namely, C. bidentata sp. nov. and C. spiculata sp. nov. C. karjatensis Ramakrishnan, is treated as synonym of C. unimaculata (Signoret). All species from the Indian subcontinent are re-described and illustrated and a key is provided.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	35-49
Number of pages	15
Journal	Zootaxa
Issue number	1874
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1874.1.3
State	Published - Sep 10 2008

Keywords

INHS
Homoptera
Taxonomy
Morphology
Auchenorrhyncha
South India
Cicadellini

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Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Animal Science and Zoology

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Notes on the leafhopper genus Cofana Melichar (Hemiptera : Cicadellidae : Cicadellinae) from India with description of two new species

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