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)
- 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
- ^ Medler 2000, pp. 75–6.
- ^ Distant 1910, p. 330.
- ^ Medler 2000, pp. 76–7.
- ^ Distant 1914, p. 354.
- ^ 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.