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FOLIA ENTOMOLOGICA HUNGARICA ROVARTANI KÖZLEMÉNYEK LV 1994 p. 93-215 Typhlocybinae (Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae) of Sikkim, a preliminary survey I. Dworakowska Typhlocybinae (Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae) of Sikkim, a preliminary survey. - Complete up to date review of faunistic data on Typhlocybinae of Sikkim. The present account includes descriptions of 22 new species and one new genus of Empoascini, 31 new species and 5 new genera of Erythroncurini, 25 new species and 4 new genera of Typhlocybini and 9 new species and one new genus of Zyginellini and numerous new records. Alebrini and Dikraneurini aie listed basing on separate publications. Alebroides dolkhensis Thapa is found to be junior synonym of A. fumosus Sohi et Dwor. INTRODUCTION The aim of this review is to provide a framework for understanding the diversity of Eastern Himalayan fauna. 138 species are originally supplemented to the faunistic list of Sikkim, 87 of them and 11 genera are new to science. Presented are results of my collecting during 10 days of March 1991 in 6 locations (Central Sikkim: Gangtok, Rumtek, Phodong and Labrang and W Sikkim: Pelling and Geizing). The sample from lamp domes from Rumtek is dated 1990 despite it has been taken in March 1991. Eight specimens from Singtam were collected by Dr C. A. Viraktamath, one from Gopaldhara is from collection of the British Museum and one from Bongli from the collection of Zoological Survey of India in Calcutta. The list is completed with all faunistic data existing in literature. Type-series of species which descriptions were ready in manuscript before completing this study contain also material from other countries. The type-series of the newly described species are deposited in the collections listed below. According abbreviations are given at certain descriptions. SMTD - Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde in Dresden, Germany NMNH - National Museum of Natural History, Leiden, The Netherlands HNHM - Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, Hungary UAS - University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, India BMNH - The Natural History Museum (Brit. Mus. Nat. Hist.), London, UK The generic names are to be treated as arbitrary combinations of letters, unless stated otherwise. In all cases Gender: Feminine.