A review of the leafhopper tribe Deltocephalini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from Pakistan

Abstract

Abstract. Species of the tribe Deltocephalini Dallas, 1870 (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) occurring in Pakistan are revised. Three genera and nine species are reported. Deltocephalus Burmeister with two new records: Deltocephalus vulgaris Dash & Viraktamath, 1998 and Deltocephalus infirmus Melichar, 1903; Maiestas Distant with five species of which two are new records: Maiestas albomaculata (Dash & Viraktamath, 1998) and Maiestas samuelsoni (Knight, 1976); and Paramesodes Ishihara, with one species. Male-based keys are provided along with habitus photographs and illustrations of male genitalia of examined species.

Keywords

• Auchenorrhyncha
• taxonomy
• Pakistan