Two New Records of Cicadellid Leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) in Rice Ecosystem at Dumki Upazila of Bangladesh

Abstract

Laboratory studies on the leafhopper (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha) associated with rice ecosystem in the different area of Dumki Upazilla in Patuakhali during the period from October 2013 to April 2014 were done to identify different species of rice leafhoppers. Results revealed that 5 genera with 8 leafhoppers species, Coelidia brevis (Walker, 1851), Cofana spectra (Distant, 1908), Maiestas dorsalis (Motschulsky, 1859), Nephotettix cincticeps (Uhler, 1896), Nephotettix malayanus, Ishihara & Kawase, 1968, Nephotettix nigropictus (Stål, 1870), Nephotettix virescens (Distant, 1908), Orosius orientalis (Matsumura, 1914) were recorded. Among them two leafhoppers, Cofana spectra and Orosius orientalis; were newly recorded from Bangladesh. All species of leafhoppers were redescribed with male genitalia and proper illustrations.