Borysthenes sp.

Gupta, Ruchie & Pathania, P. C., 2017, Report on Hemipteran pest diversity on apple plantations (Malus domestica Borkh.) in Jammu and Kashmir State of India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (4), pp. 356-356 : 356-

Borysthenes sp. (Plate-1, Figure. i)

Taxonomic status: Homoptera :Auchenorhynca: Fulgoridae : Cixiinae

Distribution: Recorded from China, Taiwan and Japan ( Ai

Ping Liang, 2005) and India.

Present Locality: The pest has been recorded from Bhaderwah (District: Doda ) and Batote (District: Ramban) of Jammu province on apple plantations.

Diagnostic features: Purple, active; body short possessing fragile large wings, forewings membraneous, rostellum arising from the head, 3-jointed tarsus; feelers (antennae) small, stiff, present on both sides of head and separated from head by a straight carina, antennal flagella small, bristle like; IInd tarsomere beset with spines; tegulae present; 2 anal veins in fore wing meeting apically to form a “Y” shaped vein; posteriormost end of hind wings not reticulate; IInd segment of hind tarsus with series of crowning spines; eyes dark, stemma (ocellus) yellow, mesonotum fulvous, legs and thorax dark brown; oblong rostrum, terminal beak segment at least twice as longer as wide; fore wing non-overlappings, abdominal terga 6-8, rectangular, widely distributed.

Damage: The insects are sap suckers and affect leaves and soft twigs of apple plantations.