The last recorded sighting of a leafhopper from the same genus as Phlogis kibalensis was in 1969
A new species of insect has been found in the Ugandan rainforest that belongs to a group of insects so rare that its closest known relative was last seen more than 50 years ago.
The species of leafhopper, named Phlogis kibalensis, was discovered by a British scientist doing field work in a national park in western Uganda.
Continue reading...source https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jan/27/british-scientist-finds-new-species-of-rare-leafhopper-in-uganda
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