Neocromna

Neocromna is a genus of planthoppers found in New Guinea and adjacent islands.

Taxonomy

Neocromna is classified in the tribe Nephesini of the subfamily Flatinae. The genus includes two species:

• Neocromna bistriguttata <small>(StÃ¥l, 1863)</small>
• : Synonyms:
• Nephesa bistriguttata <small>StÃ¥l, 1863</small>
• Colgar bistriguttata <small>Melichar, 1902</small>
• Colgar similata <small>Melichar, 1902</small>
• Colgar tripunctata <small>Melichar, 1902</small>
• Phymoides rubromaculata <small>Distant, 1910</small>
• Neomelicharia marginalis <small>Metcalf, 1957</small>
• Neocromna hastifera <small>(Walker, 1870)</small>
• : Synonyms:
• Colgar quadriguttata <small>Melichar, 1902</small>
• Colobesthes hastifera <small>Walker, 1870</small>
• Colgar hastifera <small>(Walker, 1870)</small>
• Neomelicharia hastifera <small>(Walker, 1870)</small>
• Phymoides atromaculatus <small>Distant, 1910</small>
• Neocromna atromaculata <small>(Distant, 1910)</small>
• Neodaksha atromaculatus <small>(Distant, 1910)</small>

Description

See Medler, 2000.

Distribution

Neocromna was first described from New Guinea, and the two species have both been recorded in Papua New Guinea and in the Indonesian province of Western New Guinea (Irian Jaya). N. bistriguttata has been further recorded from the Aru Islands, whilst N. hastifer is known from Misool, both close to western New Guinea.

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