Sweta

Sweta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder: Cicadomorpha
Superfamily: Cicadoidea
Family: Cicadellidae
Subfamily: Typhlocybinae
Tribe: Dikraneurini
Genus: Sweta
Viraktamath & Dietrich, 2011
Species:
  • S. hallucinata
  • S. bambusana

Sweta is a genus of leafhopper in the subfamily Typhlocybinae, with two. The genus name is derived from the Sanskrit word for white, the type species S. hallucinata being predominantly whitish.[1] A second species Sweta bambusana was described from China in 2012.[2]

References

  1. Viraktamath, C.A. & Dietrich, C.H. (2011). "A remarkable new genus of Dikraneurini (Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from Southeast Asia" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2931: 17. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 December 2011.
  2. Yang, Lin; Xiang-Sheng Chen; Zi-Zhong Li (2012). "First record of the leafhopper genus Sweta Viraktamath & Dietrich (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Typhlocybinae) from China, with description of one new species feeding on bamboo". ZooKeys. 187: 35–43. doi:10.3897/zookeys.187.2805.
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