Genus Pedionis Hamilton, 1980

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Taxonomic Decision for Subgeneric Arrangement

• Hamilton, K.G.A. 1980. Contributions to the study of the world Macropsini (Rhynchota: Homoptera: Cicadellidae). The Canadian Entomologist 112: 875-932 [891]

Introduction

This genus was created for a small group of species from Japan, the Oriental region, New Caledonia, New Guinea and Australia. Hamilton (1980) recognised two subgenera based on the number of tegminal cells and the form of the male genitalia, one of which is monotypic and restricted to Australia and the other of which covers the rest of the distribution of the genus with a single Australian representative.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: NSW North Coast (NNC), Wet Tropics (WT)

Diagnosis

Body form short and stout. Face as in Macropsis Lewis, but with clypellus [=anteclypeus] expanded apically. Pronotum distinctly declivous, weakly arched, striations oblique. Tegmina with two or three preapical cells, veins spotted with white. Hind tibial macrosetae invariably 8. Male pygofer armed with tiny apical spine or acute tip; dorsal connectives variously armed, articulating against upper margins of pygofers (Hamilton 1980).

ID Keys

Hamilton 1980: 881–884

Diagnosis References

Hamilton, K.G.A. 1980. Contributions to the study of the world Macropsini (Rhynchota: Homoptera: Cicadellidae). The Canadian Entomologist 112: 875-932 [891]

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