Japananus

Japananus is a genus of leafhoppers of the subfamily Deltocephalinae. Six species are currently placed in the genus,[2][3] all native to Asia and typically feeding on Acer species. One species, J. hyalinus, has spread throughout the northern hemisphere and Australia with the trade in cultivated maples.[4]

Japananus
Japananus hyalinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Hemiptera
Suborder:
Auchenorrhyncha
Superfamily:
Cicadoidea
Family:
Cicadellidae
Subfamily:
Deltocephalinae
Genus:
Japananus

Ball, 1931[1]
Type species
Platymetopius hyalinus
Osborn, 1900

Species
  • Japananus hyalinus (Osborn, 1900) - cosmopolitan by introduction
  • Japananus aceri (Matsumura, 1914) - Japan, Korea, China.
  • Japananus nepalicus Viraktamath & Anantha Murthy, 1999 - Nepal
  • Japananus bicurvatus Xing, Dai et Li, 2008 - China
  • Japananus meilingensis Xing, Dai et Li, 2010 - China
  • Japananus lamellosus Xing, Dai et Li, 2010 - China

References
  1. Ball, E.D. (1931). "Some new North American genera and species in the group formerly called Platymetopius (Rhynchota, Homoptera). Canadian Entomologist 63: 216-222". Archived from the original on 2014-12-20. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. Xing, J.; Dai, R.; Li, Z. (2008). "A taxonomic study on the genus Japananus Ball (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Deltocephalinae), with description of one new species from China". ZooKeys. 3: 23–28. doi:10.3897/zookeys.3.24.
  3. Xing, J.; Dai, R.; Li, Z. (2010). "Two new species of the genus Japananus Ball, 1931 (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2415: 63–68.
  4. Tuffen, M.; et al. (17 September 2014). "Rapid Pest Risk Analysis (PRA) for Japananus hyalinus" (PDF). Food & Environment Research Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2014.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.