Neocromna

Neocromna
Neocromna bistriguttata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder: Fulgoromorpha
Family: Flatidae
Subfamily: Flatinae
Tribe: Nephesini
Genus: Neocromna
Distant, 1910

Neocromna is a genus of planthoppers found in New Guinea and adjacent islands.

Taxonomy

Neocromna is classified in the tribe Nephesini of the subfamily Flatinae. The genus includes two species:[1]

  • Neocromna bistriguttata (Stål, 1863)
    Synonyms:
    • Nephesa bistriguttata Stål, 1863
    • Colgar bistriguttata Melichar, 1902
    • Colgar similata Melichar, 1902
    • Colgar tripunctata Melichar, 1902
    • Phymoides rubromaculata Distant, 1910
    • Neomelicharia marginalis Metcalf, 1957
  • Neocromna hastifera (Walker, 1870)
    Synonyms:
    • Colgar quadriguttata Melichar, 1902
    • Colobesthes hastifera Walker, 1870
    • Colgar hastifera (Walker, 1870)
    • Neomelicharia hastifera (Walker, 1870)
    • Phymoides atromaculatus Distant, 1910
    • Neocromna atromaculata (Distant, 1910)
    • Neodaksha atromaculatus (Distant, 1910)

Description

See Medler, 2000.

Distribution

Neocromna was first described from New Guinea,[2] and the two species have both been recorded in Papua New Guinea and in the Indonesian province of Western New Guinea (Irian Jaya).[3] N. bistriguttata has been further recorded from the Aru Islands,[4] whilst N. hastifer is known from Misool, both close to western New Guinea.[5]

Citations

  1. ^ Medler 2000, pp. 75–6.
  2. ^ Distant 1910, p. 330.
  3. ^ Medler 2000, pp. 76–7.
  4. ^ Distant 1914, p. 354.
  5. ^ Medler 1986, p. 210.

Bibliography

  • Distant, W. L. (1910). "Rhynchota Malayana: Part III". Records of the Indian Museum. 5: 313–38 – via Internet Archive.
  • Distant, W. L. (1914). "Report on the Rhynchota collected by the Wollaston Expedition in Dutch New Guinea". Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. 20 XI: 335–63 – via Internet Archive.
  • Medler, J. T. (1986). "Types of Flatidae (Homoptera) VIII. Lectotype designations and taxonomic notes on species in the Museum of Victoria". Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria. 47 (2): 207–11. ISSN 0814-1827 – via Internet Archive.
  • Medler, J. T. (1999). "Flatidae (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea) of Indonesia, exclusive of Irian Jaya". Zoologische Verhandelingen. 324. Leiden: 1–88 – via Internet Archive.
  • Medler, J. T. (2000). Flatidae of New Guinea and adjacent areas (Homoptera, Fulgoroidea) (PDF). Bishop Museum Bulletin in Entomology 8. Honolulu: Bishop Museum. ISBN 1-58178-011-7. ISSN 0893-3146.