A new genus of agalliine leafhoppers (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Megophthalminae) from the Oriental Region, with description of a new species and proposal of a new combination

Abstract

A new genus of agalliine leafhoppers, Dianagallia Zhang & Webb, gen. nov ., (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Megophthalminae, Agalliini) is established to accommodate one new species, Dianagallia yunnanica Zhang & Webb, sp. nov ., from Yunnan Province, China and one previously described species, Dianagallia gladiota (Meshram & Rai, 2021), comb. nov ., transferred from Igerna Kirkaldy, 1903. Diagnostic characters of the new genus are discussed and compared to those of similar genera.