title: Review of the genusSignoretia(Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Signoretiinae) of the Oriental region with description of nine new species.
abstract: Species of Signoretia Stål from the Oriental region are reviewed and types of five species described by Baker, two species described by Distant and one species described by Schmidt are illustrated. A checklist of 20 species of the genus from the Oriental region including 9 new species is given. The new species described and illustrated are Signoretia dulitensis sp. nov. (Malaysia: Mt Dulit), S. lunglei sp. nov. (India: Mizoram), S. mishmiensis sp. nov. (Myanmar: Mishmi Hills), S. quoinensis sp. nov. (Malaysia: Quoin Hill), S. rubra sp. nov. (Thailand: Chiang Mai), S. sahyadrica sp. nov. (India: Kerala), S. similaris sp. nov. (Vietnam: Fyan), S. sinuata sp. nov. (India: West Bengal) and S. takiyae sp. nov. (India: Andaman Is.). Both S. aureola Distant and S. maculata Baker are redescribed and illustrated. Lectotypes are designated for S. greeni Distant and S. aureola Distant.
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru 560065, India. chandrashekara.viraktamath@gmail.com.
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Viraktamath
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D001208:Asia; D049628:Body Size; D057189:Checklist; D005260:Female; D006430:Hemiptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size
keywords: Hemiptera, Signoretia, Auchenorrhyncha, new species, morphology