The First Record of the Roxasella Leafhopper Group from India (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Scaphoideini: Drabescina), with the Description of a New Species
The leafhopper genus Auranticopona Lu, Dietrich, Webb & Zhang, of the Roxasella leafhopper group (Scaphoideini: Drabescina), is newly recorded from India based on a new species, Auranticopona andamanensis sp. nov. described from the Andaman Islands: Diglipur. Parabolopona yunnanensis Xu & Zhang is also reported from India (Arunachal Pradesh: Hunli) for the first time. A species checklist of Indian Drabescina, photographic illustrations of the new species described and a key to the species of Auranticopona are provided.
Authors
- Nernakallu Narayanaswamy Rajgopal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7916-4849)
Institutions
- National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Entomological News
- Published
- 2026-11-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3157/021.133.0503
- Primary Topic
- Hemiptera Insect Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00