Tonga Kirkaldy, 1900

Gnezdilov, Vladimir M., 2009, Revisionary notes on some tropical Issidae and Nogodinidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 49 (1), pp. 75-92 : 87

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scientific name	Tonga Kirkaldy, 1900
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Genus Tonga Kirkaldy, 1900 View in CoL View at ENA

Cyrene Westwood 1845: 35 (preoccupied). Type species: Cyrene guttulata Westwood, 1845 , by original designation.

Tonga Kirkaldy, 1900: 242 View in CoL . New name for Cyrene Westwood, 1845 .

Sutteria Lallemand & Synave, 1953: 247 , syn. nov. Type species: Sutteria baingensis Lallemand & Synave, 1953 , by original designation.

Comments. The synonymization of Sutteria and Tonga is based on the following features ( Figs. 12–13 View Figs ): metope and coryphe long, narrowing apically; metope with distinct median and sublateral keels; fore wings wide, with long clavus reaching wing apex, with hypocostal plate and blister-like microsculpture; hind wings well developed; hind tibia with two lateral spines distally.

References

KIRKALDY G. W. 1900: Bibliographical and nomenclatorial notes on the Rhynchota. 1. Entomologist (London) 33: 238 - 243.

LALLEMAND V. & SYNAVE H. 1953: Homopteres de Sumba et Flores. Verhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Basel 64: 229 - 254.

WESTWOOD J. O. 1845: Plate 57. Description of some homopterous insects from the East Indies. Arcana Entomologica: or illustrations of new, rare, and interesting insects 2: 33 - 35.