SUSTAINING THE WORLD THROUGH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
<< Delphacid Planthoppers Main Index

Tribe Neopunanini Emeljanov 1996


Overview - Neopunanini Emeljanov

Family Delphacidae

Subfamily Asiracinae

Tribe Neopunanini Emeljanov 1996

A detailed look at the features of the subfamily Asiracinae is here.

The features ascribed to the tribe Neopunanini by Emeljanov (1996) are:

"This tribe is characterized by having a wide, short head, absence of a distinct median eumetopic* carina, S-shaped bend in the distal segment of the penis where its basal part is curved to the right, an even tow of 4 teeth on the second segment of the hind tarsus , presence of sinus on the margin of the hindwings opposite the tip of CuP, in having the tips of CuP and Pcu approximated, and in having the median carinae of the mesonotum developed throughout the entire length and undulating" (pp. 135, 138).

*The eumetopa is essentially the frons below the curvature of the fastigium.

This tribe is exclusively New World, and all species have been described from the Caribbean.  The Neopunanini is most similar to members of the Platysystatini and Tetrasteirini, but are much larger and differ in features of the head.

Neopunana saba from Asche 1983 headNeopunana saba from Asche 1983 leg and wingNeopunana saba from Asche 1983 aedeagusNeopunana saba from Asche 1983 aedeagal complex

Neopunana caribbeansis dorsal view

 

New World species (this tribe is exclusively New World):

Genus species Range

Neopunana Asche, 1983

 

   alapa (Caldwell, 1951)

= Punana alapa Caldwell, 1951 (in Caldwell and Martorell, 1951).

= Neopunana alapa (Caldwell, 1951); new comb. by Asche, 1983: 139.

Puerto Rico

   caribbensis (Caldwell, 1951)

= Punana caribbensis Caldwell, 1951 (in Caldwell and Martorell, 1951).

= Neopunana caribbensis (Caldwell, 1951); new comb. by Asche, 1983: 139

Puerto Rico (Vieques Is.), Virgin Islands (Guana, St. Thomas)

   dolon (Fennah, 1959)

= Punana dolon Fennah, 1959

= Neopunana dolon (Fennah, 1959); new comb. by Asche, 1983: 139.

Montserrat, St. Kitts,

   dominicana (Fennah, 1959)

= Punana dominicana Fennah, 1959.

= Neopunana dominicana (Fennah, 1959); new comb. by Asche, 1983: 139.

Dominica

   puertoricensis (Muir, 1918)

= Punana puertoricensis Muir, 1918.

= Neopunana puertoricensis (Muir, 1918); new comb. by Asche, 1983: 139.

Puerto Rico

   robusta (Caldwell, 1951)

= Punana robusta Caldwell, 1951 (in Caldwell and Martorell, 1951).

= Neopunana robusta (Caldwell, 1951); new comb. by Asche, 1983: 139.

Puerto Rico

   saba Asche, 1983

Saba

   vulgaris (Caldwell, 1951)

= Punana vulgaris Caldwell, 1951 (in Caldwell and Martorell, 1951).

= Neopunana vulgaris (Caldwell, 1951); new comb. by Asche, 1983: 139.

Puerto Rico

Selected References

Asche, M. 1983. Aufgliederung der Asiracinen-Gattung Punana Muir, 1913: Equasystatus gen. nov. aus Equador und Neopunana gen. nov. von den Karibischen Inseln (Homoptera Auchenorrhyncha Fulgoromorpha Delphacidae). Marburger Entomologische Publikationen 1(8): 127-166.

Caldwell, J. S. and L. F. Martorell. 1951 [dated1950]. Review of the Auchenorynchous [sic] Homoptera of Puerto Rico. Part II. The Fulgoroidea except Kinnaridae. Journal of Agriculture of the University of Puerto Rico 34(2): 133-269.

Emeljanov, A. F. 1996. On the question of the classification and phylogeny of the Delphacidae (Homoptera, Cicadina), with reference to larval characters. Entomological Review 75(9): 134-150.

Fennah, R. G. 1959. Delphacidae from the Lesser Antilles (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 8: 245-265.

Muir, F.A.G. 1918a. Homopterous notes II. Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 3: 414-429.