10. Nephotettix virescens (Distant, 1908)

Cicada bipunctata: Fabricius, (1803: 78)

Selenocephalus virescens Distant, 1908: 291

Phrynomorphusoli vacescens: Distant, (1918: 52)

Nephotettix impicticeps: Ishihara (1964: 42)

Nephotettix virescens: Ghauri (1971: 484)

Material examined: INDIA • 1♂ (5–6mm), Odisha, Ganjam, Tantapani, 19°30’11” N, 84°24’24” E, 24.V.2019, S. Kushwaha and Party leg.; Regn. No.: H15-10193 ; INDIA • 1♂ and 1♀, (5–6mm); Odisha, Gajapati, Aduba, near Harabhangi, 19°28’41” N, 84°9’16” E, 25.V.2019, S. Kushwaha and Party leg.; Regn. No.: H15-9991, H15- 9992 .

Diagnostic characters: Vertex shiny white in the apex, as broad as pronotum, pronotum greenish. Faint basal triangles at the scutellum may be seen. Tegmina with a black spot in the middle, absent in females.

Distribution: India: Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jammu and Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram,Punjab, Rajasthan, and West Bengal. Elsewhere: Australia, Bangladesh, China, Ethiopian region, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Taiwan, and Thailand.