Cofana Melichar, 1926

Naveed, Hassan & Zhang, Yalin, 2018, Newly recorded leafhoppers of the subfamily Cicadellinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) with description of a new species from Pakistan, Zootaxa 4504 (2), pp. 285-295 : 287-288

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Genus Cofana Melichar, 1926 View in CoL

Cofana Melichar, 1926: 345 View in CoL ; Yasumatsuus Ishihara, 1971: 18.

Genus Cofana View in CoL can be distinguished from other genera by the aedeagus devoid of paraphyses and basal aedeagal processes and the hind wing without vein R2+3 ( Young, 1986). Cofana View in CoL species are mainly associated with grasses and rice fields ( Krishnakutty & Viraktamath, 2008). There are 25 described species of Cofana View in CoL of which 8 are known to be present on the Indian subcontinent.

See Young (1979) for further generic description.

Distribution. Afrotropical, Australasian, Oriental.