Indian Journal of Entomology
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  • Year: 2026
  • Volume: 88
  • Issue: 1

New Record of Bamboo-Feeding Leafhopper Genus Bambusimukaria (Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Mukariini) from India

  • Author:
  • Mogili Ramaiah1, Debjani Dey1, N M Meshram2,*
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 28 to 30

1ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI)110012, New Delhi, India

2ICAR-Central Citrus Research Institute (CCRI), Amravati Road, Nagpur, 440033, Maharashtra, India

*Email: nmmeshram@gmail.com (corresponding author):

Online published on 26 February, 2026.

Abstract

The present study reported a new bamboo- feeding leafhopper genus, Bambusimukaria Yang, Chen and Li, (2016) for the first time from Medziphema, Nagaland, India. Earlier Bambusimukaria had been described from China. The description is based on female genitalia of species B. quinquepunctata and illustrations of female habitus and genitalia are provided. The examined material is deposited in National Pusa Collections at Division of Entomology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India (NPC).

Keywords

Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha, Cicadellidae, Deltocephalinae, Mukariini, Leafhopper, Bambusimukaria, New genus, New record, Morphology, Taxonomy, Distribution, Bamboo, India