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Japananus

Japananus is a genus of leafhoppers of the subfamily Deltocephalinae. Six species are currently placed in the genus, 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.

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Japananus
Japananus hyalinus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadellidae
Subfamily: Deltocephalinae
Tribe: Scaphytopiini
Genus: Japananus
Ball, 19311
Type species
Platymetopius hyalinus
Osborn, 1900

Japananus is a genus of leafhoppers of the subfamily Deltocephalinae. Six species are currently placed in the genus,23 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

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

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. doi:10.4039/Ent63224-10. Retrieved 2024-12-29.
  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. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2415.1.6.
  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.