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Title of Thesis
THE DELPHACID PLANT-HOPPERS (HOMOPTERA: FULGOROIDEA, DEKLPHACIDAE) OF EAST AND WEST PAKISTAN (A PART OF ORIENTAL REGION) A TAXONOMIC, ECOLOGICAL AND ECONOMICS STUDY |
Author(s)
Rana Parvin Mirza |
Institute/University/Department Details
University of Karachi/ Department of Zoology |
Session
1969 |
Subject
Zoology |
Number of Pages
238 |
Keywords (Extracted from title, table of contents and abstract of thesis)
delphacid plant-hoppers (homoptera: fulgoroidea, deklphacidae), dephacinae, pakistan, sogata distant |
Abstract Rana, Parvin. A study of the delphacid plant hopper species (Homoptera, fulgoroidea, (Delphacidae) of East and West Pakistan ( A part of Oriental region) (under the direction of Professor Mohammad Afzal Hussain Qadri) The present study is confined to the species of Dephacinae. The material examined is mostly from Dacca, Comilla, Mymonsingh, Rajshahi, Khulna Rangpur (East Pakistan); and Karachi, Lower Sind area Quetta and Punjab (West Pakistan). The results of the investigations made by the study of the material mentioned above were checked with the type specimens of their authors at the British Museum (Natural History) London. In all nineteen genera and twenty six species are described or redescribed of which all of the genera except Sogata Distant 1906 are new records. Out of twenty six, nine new species are described. Redescription of a genus is followed by the description of its species or new species.
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