Verdanus
Verdanus species
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadellidae
Genus: Verdanus
Oman, 1949
Synonyms

[1]

  • Acocephalus sudeticus Kolenati 1860
  • Bythoscopus penthopitta Walker 1851
  • Cicada limbatellus Zetterstedt 1828
  • Deltocephalus bohemicus Lang 1947
  • Deltocephalus humida Lang 1947
  • Deltocephalus monticola Linnavuori 1958
  • Deltocephalus nasti Wagner 1939
  • Deltocephalus obenbergeri Dlabola 1945
  • Deltocephalus quadrivirgatus Horvath 1884
  • Deltocephalus unicolo Lang 1947

Verdanus is a genus of true bugs belonging to the family Cicadellidae.[2]

Taxonomy

The genus Verdanus was established by Oman (1949). The author distinguished Verdanus from the genus Diplocolenus on the base of aedeagal differences. Several authors considered it a subgenus of Diplocolenus. The genus Verdanus includes two subgenera, Verdanus and Erdianus.[3]

Distribution and habitat

The species of this holarctic genus are mainly found in Eurasia and Northern America, especially in meadows of the mountain regions.[2]

Species

Species within this genus include:[1][2]

  • Verdanus abdominalis (Fabricius, 1803)
  • Verdanus bensoni China, 1933)
  • Verdanus caucasicus (Emeljanov 1962)
  • Verdanus ciscaucasicus (Emeljanov, 1964
  • Verdanus evansi (Ashmead, 1904)
  • Verdanus hardei (Dlabola 1980) 80
  • Verdanus intermedius (Emeljanov 1964)
  • Verdanus limbatellus (Zetterstedt 1828)
  • Verdanus logvinenkoae (Emeljanov 1964)
  • Verdanus monticola (Linnavuori 1958)
  • Verdanus nigricans (Kirschbaum 1868)
  • Verdanus obenbergeri Dlabola 1945
  • Verdanus orientalis (Ribaut 1936)
  • Verdanus oseticus (Emeljanov 1964)
  • Verdanus pazoukii Dlabola 1980
  • Verdanus penthopitta (Walker 1851)
  • Verdanus quadrivirgatus (Horvath 1884)

Description

Verdanus species can reach a body length of about 3–5 mm (0.12–0.20 in). These leafhoppers are pale green with dark brown or black venter and legs. In Eridianus subgenus, aedeagus shows a basal apodeme strongly produced laterally, while connective have arms parallel distally and fused over part of length. Verdanus subgenus has a long and narrow aedeagus and connective with arms divergent distally and abructly angled to midline.[4]

Biology

Adults are on wing from mid March to mid August.[5]

References

  • Oman, P W - The Nearctic leafhoppers (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). A generic classification and check list in Memoirs of the Washington Entomological Society 3: 1-253. 1949
  1. 1 2 Encyclopedia of Life
  2. 1 2 3 "Verdanus Oman, 1949". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
  3. ↑ A. Guglielmino & C. Buckle Northern Apennines as centre of speciation: a new Verdanus species group (Hemiptera, Cicadomorpha, Cicadellidae) from Italy and its phylogenetic relationships with V. bensoni and the V. limbatellus group
  4. ↑ Knight, W J The evolution of the holartic leafhoppers Diplocolenus with description and keys in Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology
  5. ↑ iNaturalist
  • Data related to Verdanus at Wikispecies
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