A key to species of the leafhopper genus Tambocerus (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Deltocephalinae) with description of a new species from Pakistan
Author
Naveed, Hassan
Author
Zhang, Yalin
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-08-27
4462
2
237
244
journal article
29401
10.11646/zootaxa.4462.2.5
7cb29624-842c-4c50-8c8c-9c0df17dc878
1175-5326
1441561
C91A5E57-9933-4EF7-AD9B-046CFD8BA9F2
Tambocerus
Zhang & Webb
Tambocerus
Zhang & Webb 1996
: 8
–9;
Shen, Shang & Zhang 2008
: 242
–249;
Viraktamath 2012
: 43
–61.
Type species.
Selenocephalus disparatus
Melichar 1903
, by original designation.
Remarks.
Species in the genus
Tambocerus
are assigned to the tribe
Athysanini
and can be distinguished from other genera based on the following combination of characters: ocelli on head margin close to eye, vertex slightly produced medially with anterior margin transversely striate, antennae positioned at level close to middle of eyes in facial view, male pygofer often with a posterior sclerotized area or produced into a process and aedeagal shaft with lateral margins serrated.
Distribution.
Sri Lanka
,
India
,
China
,
Pakistan
(new country record).