Telingana

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Telingana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Membracidae
Genus: Telingana
Distant, 1908

Telingana is a genus of membracid tree hoppers found in Asia. They lay solitary eggs and the young do not aggregate as in some membracids. The genus was described by William Lucas Distant in 1908.[1][2] Several species have been described in the genus including:

  • T. balteata Distant, 1916
  • T. campbelli Distant, 1916
  • T. canescens Buckton, 1903
  • T. capistrata Distant, 1908
  • T. cognata Distant, 1916
  • T. consobrina Distant, 1916
  • T. curvispinus Stål, 1869 (genus type)
  • T. decipiens Kirby, W.F., 1891
  • T. depressa Funkhouser, 1935
  • T. flavipes Kirby, W.F., 1891
  • T. formosanus Matsumura, 1912
  • T. imitator Kirby, W.F., 1891
  • T. maculoptera Yuan, 2002
  • T. majuscula Thirumalai & Ananthasubramanian, 1981
  • T. nigroalata Ananthasubramanian & Ananthakrishnan, 1975
  • T. ornanda Distant, 1916
  • T. paria Fairmaire, 1846
  • T. pulniensis Ananthasubramanian, 1980
  • T. recurvata Distant, 1916
  • T. sabarigiriensis Thirumalai & Ananthasubramanian, 1985
  • T. scutellata China, 1925
  • T. subsimilis Walker, 1857
  • T. travancorensis Distant, 1916
  • T. varipes Walker, 1857

References[edit]

  1. ^ Stegmann, U.E.; Linsenmair, K.E. "Subsocial and aggregating behaviour in Southeast Asian treehoppers (Homoptera: Membracidae: Centrotinae)" (PDF). European Journal of Entomology. 99: 29–34.
  2. ^ Goding, Frederic W. (1931). "Classification of the Old World Membracidae". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 39 (3): 299–313. JSTOR 25004419.

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