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Japananus
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Japananus hyalinus
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Japananus

Ball, 1931 [1]
Type species
Platymetopius hyalinus
Osborn, 1900

Japananus is a genus of leafhoppers of the subfamily Deltocephalinae. Six species are currently placed in the genus, [2] [3] all native to Asia and typically feeding on Acer species. One species, J. hyalinus , has spread throughout the northern hemisphere and Australia with the trade in cultivated maples. [4]

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References

  1. Ball, E.D. (1931). "Some new North American genera and species in the group formerly called Platymetopius (Rhynchota, Homoptera). Canadian Entomologist63: 216-222". Archived from the original on 2014-12-20.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. Xing, J.; Dai, R.; Li, Z. (2008). "A taxonomic study on the genus Japananus Ball (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Deltocephalinae), with description of one new species from China". ZooKeys (3): 23–28. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.3.24 .
  3. Xing, J.; Dai, R.; Li, Z. (2010). "Two new species of the genus Japananus Ball, 1931 (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2415: 63–68. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2415.1.6.
  4. Tuffen, M.; et al. (17 September 2014). "Rapid Pest Risk Analysis (PRA) for Japananus hyalinus" (PDF). Food & Environment Research Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2014.