Biology:Miasa (planthopper)

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Short description: Genus of planthoppers

Miasa
Dictyopharid Planthopper (Miasa nigromaculata) (23186560651).jpg
Miasa nigromaculata
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder: Fulgoromorpha
Family: Dictyopharidae
Tribe: Orthopagini
Genus: Miasa
Distant, 1906
Type species
Elidiptera smaragdilinea
Walker, 1857
Synonyms
  • Putalamorpha Bierman, 1910
  • Pseudoprionopeltis (Australopeltis) Johns, 1964

Miasa[1] is a planthopper genus in the family Dictyopharidae.[2] Currently, seven species are identified in the genus. They are distributed in the Oriental regions of Indonesia (Borneo, Java, Sumatra), Malaysia (Borneo, Sabah, Sarawak, peninsula), China (Yunnan), Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore and Myanmar.

Species

  1. Miasa borneensis Song, Webb & Liang, 2014
  2. Miasa dichotoma Zheng & Chen, 2018
  3. Miasa nigromaculata Song, Webb & Liang, 2014
  4. Miasa producta (Lethierry, 1888)
  5. Miasa smaragdilinea (Walker, 1857) - type species
  6. Miasa trifoliusa Zheng & Chen, 2018
  7. Miasa wallacei Muir, 1923

References

  1. Distant WL (1906) Fauna Brit. Ind., Rhynch., 3, 237.
  2. Zheng, Yan-Li; Yang, Lin; Chen, Xiang-Sheng; Luo, Xu-Qiang (2018). "Two new species of the genus Miasa Distant, 1906 from China, with a key to all species (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Dictyopharidae)". ZooKeys (754): 23–32. doi:10.3897/zookeys.754.23525. PMID 29740223. 

External links

  • FLOW: Genus Miasa Distant, 1906

Wikidata ☰ Q10583697 entry