New records for the genus Grammacephalus Haupt (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae)

Abstract

Grammacephalus rahmani Singh Pruthi, 1930 is recorded for the first time from the United Arab Emirates and Mali, G. raunoi Viraktamath, 1981 – from the United Arab Emirates, and G. indicus Viraktamath et Ananta Murthy, 1999 – from Afghanistan. Photos of these species are provided, and male genitalia of G. rahmani and female 7th sternite of G. indicus are illustrated. Distribution and composition of the genus Grammacephalus Haupt is discussed.

Keywords

• deltocephalinae
• scaphoideini
• morphology
• new record
• distribution
• middle east
• western africa