Tambocerus Zhang & Webb, 1996

Naveed, Hassan & Zhang, Yalin, 2018, A key to species of the leafhopper genus Tambocerus (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Deltocephalinae) with description of a new species from Pakistan, Zootaxa 4462 (2), pp. 237-244 : 237-238

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Tambocerus Zhang & Webb View in CoL

Tambocerus Zhang & Webb 1996: 8 View in CoL –9; Shen, Shang & Zhang 2008: 242 –249; Viraktamath 2012: 43 –61.

Type species. Selenocephalus disparatus Melichar 1903 , by original designation.

Remarks. Species in the genus Tambocerus are assigned to the tribe Athysanini and can be distinguished from other genera based on the following combination of characters: ocelli on head margin close to eye, vertex slightly produced medially with anterior margin transversely striate, antennae positioned at level close to middle of eyes in facial view, male pygofer often with a posterior sclerotized area or produced into a process and aedeagal shaft with lateral margins serrated.

Distribution. Sri Lanka, India, China, Pakistan (new country record).