Japananus hyalinus (Osborn)

Xing, Jichun, Dai, Renhuai & Li, Zizhong, 2008, A taxonomic study on the genus Japananus Ball (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Deltocephalinae), with description of one new species from China, ZooKeys 3 (3), pp. 23-28 : 25

Japananus hyalinus (Osborn)

Platymetopius hyalinus Osborn, 1900: 501 .

Platymetopius cinctus Matsumura, 1914: 215 , synonymized by Oman 1931: 430.

Japananus hyalinus (Osborn) , Ball 1931: 218.

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Distribution. Japan, China, India, Korea, Australia, Columbia, NSW, USA, Hokkaido, Honshu, Tokyo, Satsuma, New Zealand, Europe, Transcaucasia.

Material examined. China: 4♁♁, 3♀♀, Guizhou Prov., Guiyang City, Huaxi , 2 June 2008, coll. Jichun Xing ( IEGU) ; 1♁, Liaoning Prov., Dalian City, Ganjingzi Park , 9 August 2008, coll. Lin Ni ( IEGU) .

Discussion. The distribution of this species in the Oriental Region, Australian Region, Nearctic Region and Palaearctic Region. Th is species, first described from the USA ( Osborn, 1900), is apparently native to Japan ( Sanders and DeLong, 1920), from which it was introduced to North America with nursery stock of Japanese maples. It was subsequently ( Matsumura, 1914) also described from Japan. It’s a known host plants are maples, other plants have not collected this specimen. Th is species in western Europe seems to be confined to parks where ‘Japanese maples’ ( Acer palmatum ) are planted. Th e distribution of this species may be related to its host plants.

Known hosts. Maple, Aceraceae ( Acer palmatum , Acer buergerianum , Acer truncatum ).

Figures

Figs 1-3. Aedeagus of Japananus species, ventral view. 1. Japananus hyalinus (Osborn); 2. Japananus aceri (Matsumura) (after Anufriev and Emeljanov, 1988); 3. Japananus nepalicus Viraktamath and Anantha Murthy (after Viraktamath and Anantha Murthy, 1999).