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3-4 mm. Found on Cassia, Tur (Cajanus cajan) Phyllanthus etc. L.
substitutus. Process produced forwards, back process almost straight.
Black, legs reddish. L. 6-7 mm. Proccss 4-5 mm. Breeds in thorny
Capparis and other bushes. Mimics thorns. G. securis also found in
bushes. Black, tegmina yellowish, body 10 mm. Process 10 mm. Otinotus
spp. Reddish brown, lateral process upturned, back process long. L. 6-7
mm. Process 3-4 mm. On sandal. A. pilosum. Brownish grey. Lateral
process direct, obliquely upwards. Tegmina with 2 spots. L 5 mm. Process
4 mm. On legumes. Gargara spp,
Purplish brown, legs reddish, back process short, robust. No lateral
processes. L. 4 mm. Process 2 mm. Widespread, breeds in Sissoo,
Dalbergia etc.
Refer Ind. For, Rec. Vol. 19, 26 and 17 Ent. (10) Membracidae of
India.
Fam. Cercopidae (Frog hoppers, Cuckoo spit insects) थुंक किडक किडा (Plकडी, नाडत
(Plate II. Fig. 21) Small, prothorax simple. Adults generally straw
coloured, wedge shaped, can leap. Nymphs live in cuckoo spits—the
watery liquid produced by them in a froth. This may solidify into tubes to
form a nest. About 150 species recorded in India, about 15 in
Maharashtra.
M. planitiae. Brown, black spot on head and in 3 rows on thorax,
curved spine on scutellum going over the back. Nymph in self made
tubes. Found in Zizyphus, Bel (Aeagle sp.) cotton etc. P. nebulosus.
Yellowish grey, 9-10 mm. spots and bands on tegmina. Nymphs discharge
a mist. Feed on sandal, grasses etc. P. aifinis. Larger, brown, on jack fruit
tree. C lineaticollis about 10 mm. Brown, yellow stripes on body, on jack
fniit tree. C. relata. Reddish yellow, forewing bluish black, red markings.
Nymphs purple and yellow. Pest on jack fruit stalk.
See Chaterjee and Bose (1933) Ind. For. Rec. 18 (I) : 1 and 19(2) : 8
Cercopidae of Sandal.
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