Sweta
| Sweta | |
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| 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 |
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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
- ↑ Viraktamath, C.A. & Dietrich, C.H. (2011). "A remarkable new genus of Dikraneurini (Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from Southeast Asia" (PDF). Zootaxa 2931: 1–7. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 December 2011.
- ↑ 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.