Two New Records of Leafhoppers of the Genus Opsius Fieber from India Sunil Sunil1, Meshram Naresh M2,*, Thakur Priyanka3 1Department of Entomology, M S Swaminathan School of Agriculture, Centurion University of Technology and Management, Paralakhemundi761211, Odisha, India 2ICAR-Central Citrus Research Institute (CCRI), Amravati Road, Nagpur440033, Maharashtra, India 3Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan173230, Himachal Pradesh, India *Email: nmmeshram@gmail.com (corresponding author)
Online Published on 04 January, 2024. Abstract Present study records two Opsius leafhopper species, Opsius richteri (Dlabola) and Opsius stactogallus Fieber from Delhi, India for first time. Earlier Opsius richteri had been described from Iran and Opsius stactogallus is distributed worldwide and now reported from India. This study reveals the new geographic distribution, and the species are redescribed and illustrated herein. Top Keywords Auchenorrhyncha, Deltocephalinae, Cicadellidae, Opsiina, Leafhopper, Opsiini, Opsius, New records, Morphology, Taxonomy, Hemiptera, Redescription, Distribution, Opsius stactogallus, O. ritcheri. Top |