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Endemic Fauna of Andaman and Nicobar Islands Bay of Bengal

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Status : Information deficient.<br />

Order : Hemiptera<br />

Presently, 265 species belonging to 195 genera under 47 families are known from <strong>Andaman</strong><br />

<strong>and</strong> <strong>Nicobar</strong> Isl<strong>and</strong>s. Of these, 225 species are recorded from <strong>Andaman</strong>s <strong>and</strong> 69 are from<br />

<strong>Nicobar</strong> Isl<strong>and</strong>s. About 46 species are considered endemic to the isl<strong>and</strong>s.<br />

Suborder : Homoptera<br />

Superfamily : Cicadoidea<br />

Family : CICADIDAE<br />

1. Cryptotympana insularis Distant<br />

1992. Cryptotympana insularis : Biswas, Mitra <strong>and</strong> Ghosh, J. <strong>Andaman</strong> Sc. Assoc., 8(2) : 148.<br />

Habitat : Tropical <strong>and</strong> subtropical rain forests.<br />

Distribution : India : <strong>Andaman</strong> Isl<strong>and</strong>s (South).<br />

Status : Information deficient.<br />

Habitat : Tropical <strong>and</strong> subtropical rain forests.<br />

2. Meimuna ganameda (Distant)<br />

Distribution : India : <strong>Andaman</strong> Isl<strong>and</strong>s (Middle <strong>and</strong> South).<br />

Status : Information deficient.<br />

3. Platypleura affinis (Fabricius)<br />

1992. Platypleura affinis : Biswas, Mitra <strong>and</strong> Ghosh, J. <strong>Andaman</strong> Sc. Assoc., 8(2) : 148.<br />

Habitat : Tropical <strong>and</strong> subtropical rain forests.<br />

Distribution : India : <strong>Nicobar</strong> Isl<strong>and</strong>s (South).<br />

Status : Information deficient.<br />

4. Platypleura (Poecilopsaltria) <strong>and</strong>amana Distant<br />

1992. Platypleura <strong>and</strong>amana : Biswas, Mitra <strong>and</strong> Ghosh, J. <strong>Andaman</strong> Sc. Assoc., 8(2) : 148.<br />

Habitat : Tropical <strong>and</strong> subtropical rain forests.<br />

Distribution : India : <strong>Andaman</strong> Isl<strong>and</strong>s (South).<br />

Status : Information deficient.<br />

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