Sweta

Sweta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Family:	Cicadellidae
Tribe:	Dikraneurini
Genus:	Sweta; Viraktamath & Dietrich, 2011
Species
	Sweta hallucinata; Sweta bambusana;

Sweta is a genus of leafhopper in the subfamily Typhlocybinae, with two species. The genus name is derived from the Sanskrit word for white, the type species S. hallucinata being predominantly whitish. The genus has an elongate pronotum which is unusual in Typhlocybinae and seen only in the Signoretiinae.[1] A second species Sweta bambusana was described from China in 2012.[2]

References

Viraktamath, C.A. & Dietrich, C.H. (2011). "A remarkable new genus of Dikraneurini (Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from Southeast Asia" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2931: 1–7. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 December 2011.
Yang, Lin; Xiang-Sheng Chen; Zi-Zhong Li (2012). "First record of the leafhopper genus Sweta Viraktamath & Dietrich (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Typhlocybinae) from China, with description of one new species feeding on bamboo". ZooKeys. 187: 35–43. doi:10.3897/zookeys.187.2805. PMC 3345901. PMID 22577328.

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[1] Viraktamath, C.A. & Dietrich, C.H. (2011). "A remarkable new genus of Dikraneurini (Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from Southeast Asia" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2931: 1–7. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 December 2011.

[2] Yang, Lin; Xiang-Sheng Chen; Zi-Zhong Li (2012). "First record of the leafhopper genus Sweta Viraktamath & Dietrich (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Typhlocybinae) from China, with description of one new species feeding on bamboo". ZooKeys. 187: 35–43. doi:10.3897/zookeys.187.2805. PMC 3345901. PMID 22577328.