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Pedionis (Pedionis) Hamilton

Description

Subgenus Pedionis (Pedionis) Hamilton

Pedionis (Pedionis) Hamilton, 1980: 894.

Type species: Pediopsis garuda Distant, 1916.

Diagnosis. Body stout, small to moderately large species. Face distinctly longer than wide. Forewing with 2 anteapical cells, veins with white spotted. Hind femoral spinulation 2+1. Male pygofer elongate with tiny apical spine or acute tip or caudal margin serrate, dorsal connectives elongate, slender and sinuate, variously armed with articulating against upper margins of pygophore. Aedeagal shaft curved near apex with or without pair of slender processes.

Biology. Species of the subgenus feed on shrubs or trees.

Distribution. Palaearctic Oriental, to Australian regions.

Comments. Subgenus Pedionis has very widely distributed in the Palaearctic and Oriental regions, including China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, New Guinea, Philippines.

Notes

Published as part of Zhang, Bin & Zhang, Ruiling, 2014, A revision of the subgenus Pedionis (Pedionis) Hamilton from China, with description of two new species (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae), pp. 469-476 in Zootaxa 3802 (4) on pages 469-470, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3802.4.4, http://zenodo.org/record/228901

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Cicadellidae
Genus
Pedionis
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hemiptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Hamilton
Taxon rank
subGenus

References

  • Hamilton, K. G. A. (1980) Contributions to the study of the world Macropsini (Rhynchota: Homoptera: Cicadellidae). The Canadian Entomologist, 112, 875 - 932. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.4039 / ent 112875 - 9