subgenus Verdanus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Remarks · Works Cited

Diplocolenus abdominalis ? - Diplocolenus

Sorhoanus orientalis - Diplocolenus abdominalis - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)

Suborder Auchenorrhyncha (True Hoppers)

Infraorder Cicadomorpha (Cicadas, Spittlebugs, Leafhoppers, and Treehoppers)

Superfamily Membracoidea (Leafhoppers and Treehoppers)

Family Cicadellidae (Typical Leafhoppers)

Subfamily Deltocephalinae

Tribe Paralimnini

Subtribe Paralimnina

Genus Diplocolenus

No Taxon subgenus Verdanus

Explanation of Names

Verdanus Oman 1949

Numbers

2 spp. in our area,* 18 total(1)

*D. evansi (native) and D. abdominalis (introduced, native to Europe)

Identification

The black face contrasting with the green upper side differentiates these from Sorhoanus, which has a brownish face. Only a specialist can distinguish between D. evansi and D. abdominalis. ─K.G.A. Hamilton

Range

Palaearctic group, with one nearctic sp.(1)

Remarks

some workers still treat this subgenus as a full genus.

"I treat it as a subgenus following Knight (1974) who revised Diplocolenus. Nast (1980) followed this in his catalogue as well, I’m not sure where the trend of separating is as a distinct genus came from. It doesn’t really matter either way, but I think it is useful to have a single reference list and stick to it as much as possible." (Joel Kits pers. comm. to Solomon Hendrix)

Works Cited

1.	Dmitriev D.A. (2003-) 3I interactive keys and taxonomic databases

Contributed by Chuck Entz on 30 June, 2007 - 2:27pm
Additional contributions by v belov, antarctica
Last updated 24 July, 2023 - 2:37pm

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