Review of the leafhopper genus Drabescus Stål (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) in the Indian subcontinent with description of one new species Author Viraktamath, C. A. 0000-0002-7402-3841 Department of Entomology, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru 560065, India. chandrashekara.viraktamath@gmail.com Author Webb, M. D. 0000-0002-1312-6142 Department of Life Science, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW 7 5 BD, United Kingdom. & m. webb @ nhm. ac. uk; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 1312 - 6142 m.webb@nhm.ac.uk Author Yeshwanth, H. M. 0000-0002-7402-3841 Department of Entomology, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru 560065, India. & hmyeshwanth @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 5104 - 3401 chandrashekara.viraktamath@gmail.com text Zootaxa 2022 2022-04-20 5128 2 225 247 journal article 55847 10.11646/zootaxa.5128.2.4 a9b6e575-57e1-4fe3-90ee-c4a375f2958e 1175-5326 6479814 5C65C12C-7943-47C8-B08E-01B84B4B0ED0 Key to species of Drabescus from the Indian subcontinent (females) [Female of D. austroindicus not known.] 1. Pronotum with anterior pale border anteriorly margined by dark brown and along lateral submargin margined laterally with dark brown (Figs 1K, 2E, 4A)........................................................................... 2 - Pronotum without such pale border (Figs 1AC, E)........................................................... 4 2. Dorsum of abdomen stramineous (visible through the forewings) ( Figs 4 AB)...................... D. stramineus Distant - Dorsum of abdomen dark brown or reddish brown........................................................... 3 3. Posterior margin of sternite VII with long median lobe length equalling or exceeding length of rest of the sternite ( Fig. 2L )..................................................................................... D. shillongensis Rao - Posterior margin of sternite VII with a median incision ( Fig. 2I )................................. D. limbaticeps (Stål) 4. Posterior margin of sternite VII with deep V-shaped incision ( Fig. 2K )........................ D. nigrofacialis (Distant) - Posterior margin of sternite VII without median incision ( Figs 2 HJ)............................................. 5 5. Sternite VII with median U-shaped excavation ( Fig. 2G )..................................... D. angulatus Signoret - Sternite VII with median convexity or with a median lobe......................................................6 6. Yellowish white with dark brown rich maculation on head and thorax; posterior margin of sternite VII sinuate ( Fig. 2J )................................................................................. D. nervosopunctatus Signoret - Reddish brown marked with yellowish white; posterior margin of sternite VII with small median lobe ( Fig. 2H ).................................................................................................. D. kempi Pruthi