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A new leafhopper genus with description of two new species of Scaphoideini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from India

Nernakallu Narayanaswamy RAJGOPAL, Debjani Dey & Naresh M. MESHRAM

en European Journal of Taxonomy 1007 (163) - Pages 163-175

Published on 12 August 2025

A new genus of Scaphoideini, Ramya Rajgopal gen. nov., with two new species, Ramya longiprocessus gen. et sp. nov. (as its type species, type locality: India: Karnataka) and Ramya megatrium gen. et sp. nov. (type locality: India: Himachal Pradesh), are described and illustrated. The relationship of the new genus with other related genera is discussed and an identification key to the two species is provided. The type material is deposited in the National Pusa Collection (NPC), ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi.


Keywords:

Ramya gen nov., Auchenorrhyncha, Membracoidea, new genus, new species.

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