Neocromna
Genus of planthoppers
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Neocromna is a genus of planthoppers found in New Guinea and adjacent islands.
| Neocromna | |
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| Neocromna bistriguttata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Infraorder: | Fulgoromorpha |
| Family: | Flatidae |
| Subfamily: | Flatinae |
| Tribe: | Nephesini |
| Genus: | Neocromna Distant, 1910 |
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]
