Pedionis Hamilton

Dai, Ren-Huai & Li, Hu, 2012, Three new species of the leafhopper genus Pedionis Hamilton (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Macropsinae) from China, Zootaxa 3568, pp. 65-73 : 65-66

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.210086
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6166275
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scientific name	Pedionis Hamilton
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Genus Pedionis Hamilton View in CoL

Pedionis Hamilton, 1980: 891 View in CoL .

Type species: Pediopsis garuda Distant, 1916 .

Diagnosis. Differing from other Macropsini as follows: body form stout; clypellus dilated apically; striations on pronotum distinctly oblique; fore wing with 2 (in nominate subgenus P. ( Pedionis )) or 3 (in subgenus P. ( Thyia )) preapical cells, and veins usually marked with whitish spots; hind tibia with 8 macrosetae on AD row; male pygofer tapering to point caudally, usually with small spinelike or acute tip; dorsal connective variously armed, usually with slender process twisted dorsally from bulbous base.

Distribution. China. Philippines, Japan. India. New Caledonia. Australia. Indonesia. New Guinea.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Hemiptera
Family	Cicadellidae