Biology:Neocromna
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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. https://archive.org/details/records-indian-museum-5-313-338/mode/2up?q=%22Neocromna%22.
- 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: 335–63. https://archive.org/details/biostor-69901/mode/2up?q=%22Neocromna%22.
- 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.
- Medler, J. T. (1999). "Flatidae (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea) of Indonesia, exclusive of Irian Jaya". Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 324: 1–88.
- Medler, J. T. (2000). Flatidae of New Guinea and adjacent areas (Homoptera, Fulgoroidea). Bishop Museum Bulletin in Entomology 8. Honolulu: Bishop Museum. ISBN 1-58178-011-7. https://delphacid.s3.amazonaws.com/3116.pdf.
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