drawing of forewing and head of Rhotana latipennis, male lectotype (click on image to enlarge it)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fulgoroidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Paraneoptera
Superordo: Condylognatha
Ordo: Hemiptera
Subordo: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder: Fulgoromorpha
Superfamilia: Fulgoroidea

Familia: Derbidae
Subfamilia: Otiocerinae
Tribus: Rhotanini
Genus: Rhotana
Species: R. aequa R. albata R. aperta R. argus R. biermani R. brendelli R. concolor R. crassa R. cribraria R. dammermani R. deminuta R. dentata R. dextra R. dohertyi R. excelsa R. fera R. fordi R. formosana R. fuscofasciata R. globosa R. gracilis R. gressittorum R. hirashimai R. haematoneura R. holtmanni R. inoptata R. inorata R. jacobsoni R. kuncheriai R. lalage R. latipennis R. luteola R. maculata R. magna R. marmorata R. melichari R. mendax R. miles R. mindanaoensis R. novahiberniensis R. obaerata R. ornata R. pacata R. panthera R. papuensis R. pavo R. pellax R. quadrimaculata R. ramentosa R. ramosa R. reticulata R. rubifasciata R. sabaea R. satsumana R. sectator R. semiopalina R. septemmaculata R. similis R. spenceri R. stali R. stigmosa R. suttoni R. torrevillasi R. transversolinea R. tridentata R. trimaculata R. triplex R. truncata R. unca R. venosa R. vitriceps R. wallacei

Name

Rhotana Walker, 1857

Type species: Rhotana latipennis Walker, 1857, by monotypy.

Synonyms

Type species: Genestia vitriceps Stål, 1858, by monotypy.

  • Decora Bierman, 1910

Type species: Decora pavo Bierman, 1910, by monotypy.

Diagnosis

  • The forewings are broad and unpowdered or with only small powdered patches.
  • Forewings with 5 narrow costal cells.
  • The fore- and/or hindwings often have elaborate colour patterns.
  • The male pygofer often has prominent, pointed, lateral projections.

References

  • Bierman, C.J.H. 1910: Homopteren aus Niederländisch Ost-Indien. Notes Leyden Mus., 33: 1–68.
  • Melichar, L. 1903: Homopteren-Fauna von Ceylon. Verlag von Felix L. Dames, Berlin, 248 pp.
  • Stål, C. 1858: Hemipterologiska bidrag. Öfvers. af K. Vetensk.-Akad. Förh., 15 (9-10): 450.
  • Walker, F. 1857: Catalogue of the homopterous insects collected at Sarawak, Borneo, by Mr. A.R. Wallace, with description of new species. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Zoology, Vol. I: 141–175.
  • Zelazny, B. 1981: The Philippines species of Rhotanini (Homoptera: Derbidae) and their distribution outside the Philippines. Pacific Insects, 23(3-4): 213–285. PDF
  • Zelazny, B.; Webb, M.D. 2011: Revision of the planthopper tribe Rhotanini (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Derbidae). Zootaxa, 3071: 1–307. Preview
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