Kodaianini, Gnezdilov, 2025

Gnezdilov, Vladimir M., 2025, A new tribe of the family Issidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea) from southern India, Zootaxa 5691 (1), pp. 143-149 : 144

Tribe Kodaianini trib. nov.

Type genus: Kodaiana Distant, 1916 .

Diagnosis. Postclypeus large, flat, with deep median groove. Fore wings wide, narrowing apically, with narrow marginal membrane and without hypocostal plate; clavus as long as half of wing. Forewing vein branching sequence: R 2, furcating near to basal cell; M 2, furcating shortly after R; CuA 2, furcating before claval apex; rich reticulate transverse venation. Hind wings nearly as long as fore wings, elongate, unilobed, without cubital and vannal clefts, with anal lobe reduced; venation simple, without vein furcation. Female anal tube long and narrow. Gonoplacs short, rectangular-shaped, without carinae.

Composition and distribution. Only the type genus known from Tamil Nadu and Karnataka States in southern India.