Chandrasekhara A. Viraktamath

Chandrasekhara Adiveyya Viraktamath (1944–), Indian entomologist. Publishes as C.A. Viraktamath or Chandra A. Viraktamath.

Department of Entomology, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bangalore 560065, India.

Taxon names authored

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(List may be incomplete)

Prathapan, K.D. & Viraktamath, C.A. 2004. Revision of Phaelota Jacoby (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) with descriptions of three new species. Zootaxa 447: 1–18. Abstract & excerpt. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.447.1.1 . Reference page.

Prathapan, K.D. & Viraktamath, C.A. 2005. Revision of Panilurus Jacoby (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Pp. 167–178. In: Konstantinov, A.S., Tishechkin, A.K. & Penev, L.D. (eds.) Contributions to Systematics & Biology of Beetles: Papers Celebrating the 80th Birthday of Igor Konstantinovich Lopatin. Series Faunistica 43. Sofia-Moscow: Pensoft Publishers. xvi + 388 pp. ISBN 954-642-233-9.

Prathapan, K.D. & Viraktamath, C.A. 2008. The flea beetle genus Lanka (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in India with descriptions of three new species and notes on the identity of the pollu beetle infesting black pepper, Piper nigrum. Zootaxa 1681: 1–30. Abstract & excerpt. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1681.1.1 . Reference page.

Prathapan, K.D. & Viraktamath, C.A. 2009. Revision of Tegyrius (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini), with descriptions of eight new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 157: 326–358. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00510.x .

Prathapan, K.D. & Viraktamath, C.A. 2011. A new species of Longitarsus Latreille, 1829 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae) pupating inside stem aerenchyma of the hydrophyte host from the Oriental Region. ZooKeys 87: 1–10. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.87.1294 .

Viraktamath, C.A. 2012. Seven new species of the leafhopper genus Tambocerus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from the Indian subcontinent. Zootaxa 3385: 43–61. Preview Reference page.
Xing, J.-C., Viraktamath, C.A., Dai, R.-H. & Li, Z.-Z. 2012. Review of the leafhopper genus Jilinga Ghauri (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Paralimnini), with description of two new species from China. Zootaxa 3164: 49–56. Preview Reference page.

Viraktamath, C.A. & Gonçalves, A.C. 2013. Review of Madagascaran Agalliini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Megophthalminae) with descriptions of a new genus and six new species. Zootaxa 3616(1): 1–21. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3616.1.1 Reference page.

Salini, S. & Viraktamath, C.A. 2015. Genera of Pentatomidae (Hemiptera: Pentatomoidea) from south India—an illustrated key to genera and checklist of species. Zootaxa 3924(1): 1–76. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3924.1.1. Reference page.
Wang, Y., Vikratamath, C.A. & Zhang, Y-L. 2015: Mediporus, a new genus of the leafhopper subfamily Evacanthinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae), with a key to genera of the Evacanthini. Zootaxa 3964(3): 379–385. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3964.3.7. Preview (PDF) Reference page.

Viraktamath, C.A. 2016. Review of the genus Signoretia (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Signoretiinae) of the Oriental region with description of nine new species. Zootaxa 4193(3): 486–516. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4193.3.3. Reference page.

Dai, W., Zahniser, J.N., Viraktamath, C.A. & Webb, M.D. 2017. Punctulini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae), a new leafhopper tribe from the Oriental region and Pacific Islands. Zootaxa 4226(2): 229–248. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4226.2.4. Reference page.
Viraktamath, C.A. & Meshram, N.M. 2017. A review of the coelidiine leafhopper genus Mahellus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Coelidiinae) with description of two new species from the Oriental region. Zootaxa 4258(3): 271–280. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4258.3.4. Reference page.

Shobharani, M., Viraktamath, C.A. & Webb, M.D. 2018. Review of the leafhopper genus Penthimia Germar (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from the Indian subcontinent with description of seven new species. Zootaxa 4369(1): 1–45. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4369.1.1 Reference page.
Shobharani, M., Viraktamath, C.A. & Webb, M.D. 2018. Revision of the penthimiine leafhopper genus Tambila Distant (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) of the Indian subcontinent. Zootaxa 4514(4): 501–515. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4514.4.4 Reference page.
Nielson, M.W., Viraktamath, C.A. & van der Laan, R. 2018. Case 3582 – Scaris Le Peletier & Audinet-Serville, 1828 and Scarides (Scaridae) Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843 (Insecta, Hemiptera): proposed suppression to remove homonymy of the latter with Scaridi (currently Scaridae) Rafinesque, 1810 (Osteichthyes). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 75: 6–11. Reference page.
Viraktamath, C.A. & Webb, M.D. 2018. Revision of the evacanthine leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Evacanthinae) of the Indian subcontinent. Zootaxa 4386(1): 1–78. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4386.1.1 Reference page.
Viraktamath, C.A. & Wilson, M.R. 2018. New species of the leafhopper genera Sophonia and Stenotortor (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Evacanthinae) from the Oriental region. Zootaxa 4378(3): 356–366. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4378.3.4 Reference page.

Viraktamath, C.A. & Meshram, N.M. 2019. Leafhopper tribe Coelidiini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Coelidiinae) of the Indian subcontinent. Zootaxa 4653(1): 1–91. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4653.1.1 Reference page.
Viraktamath, C.A. & Webb, M.D. 2019. Revision of the bamboo leafhopper tribe Mukariini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from the Indian subcontinent with description of new genera and species. Zootaxa 4547(1): 1–69. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4547.1.1 Reference page.
Viraktamath, C.A. & Webb, M.D. 2019. Revision of the Ulopinae leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) of the Indian subcontinent, I. Ulopini genera: Daimachus, Radhades and Ulopsina. Zootaxa 4613(3): 557–577. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4613.3.8 Reference page.

Viraktamath, C.A. 2023. Two new Scaphoideini leafhopper genera (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from India. Zootaxa 5382(1): 97–107. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5382.1.11 Reference page.