Review of the leafhopper tribe Deltocephalini Dallas, 1870 (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Deltocephalinae) in Pakistan with description of a new species of Paramesodes

Authors: NAVEED, HASSAN Country: Pakistan DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1186.110266 Published: Jan. 1, 2023 Source: ZooKeys OpenAlex: View in OpenAlex

Collection: Pensoft Publishers

Keywords: Auchenorrhyncha · Topics: Phytoplasmas and Hemiptera pathogens, Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny, Orthoptera Research and Taxonomy

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A review of the leafhopper tribe Deltocephalini in Pakistan is provided, including comprehensive illustrated keys to all genera and species, along with their diagnosis and distribution. A new species of Paramesodes is described, P. dirensis sp. nov., which was discovered in the Upper Dir District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. A detailed description of this new species is provided together with photographs for visual reference. This tribe now has three genera and 13 species from Pakistan. The genus Deltocephalus Burmeister includes two species, and Maiestas Distant has nine species; Paramesodes Ishihara is now represented with two species.

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