Bharatiana
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Sternorrhyncha |
| Superfamily: | Psylloidea |
| Family: | Mastigimatidae |
| Genus: | Bharatiana Mathur, 1973 |
Bharatiana is a genus of Asian plant lice in the recently (2021) restored family Mastigimatidae;[1] previously it was included in the Calophyidae and this placement currently (February 2025) remains in many databases. The genus and type species were described by R.N. Mathur in 1973, after Bharat, an ancient name for India;[2] other species have been recorded subsequently from China.[3]
Species
[edit]The Global Biodiversity Information Facility[3] includes:
- Bharatiana octospinosa Mathur, 1973 - type species
- Bharatiana septentrionalis Yang & Li, 1983
- Bharatiana toonae Yang & Li, 1983
- Bharatiana toonaqiana Yang & Li, 1983
References
[edit]- ^ Burckhardt, Daniel; Ouvrard, David; Percy, Diana M. (2021). "An updated classification of the jumping plant-lice (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) integrating molecular and morphological evidence". European Journal of Taxonomy (736): 137–182. doi:10.5852/ejt.2021.736.1257.
- ^ Mathur RN (1973) Descriptions and records of some Indian Psyllidae (Homoptera). Indian Forest Records: Entomology 11(2): 59–87 [63].
- ^ a b Global Biodiversity Information Facility: Genus Bharatiana Mathur, 1973 (retrieved 7 February 2025)