Telingana is a genus of
treehopper
Treehoppers (more precisely typical treehoppers to distinguish them from the Aetalionidae) and thorn bugs are members of the family Membracidae, a group of insects related to the cicadas and the leafhoppers. About 3,200 species of treehoppers i ...
s in the subfamily
Centrotinae and tribe
Maarbarini, 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
William Lucas Distant (12 November 1845 Rotherhithe – 4 February 1922 Wanstead) was an English entomologist.
Biography Early years
Distant was born in Rotherhithe, the son of whaling captain Alexander Distantspecies:B.R. Subba Rao, Rao, B.R ...
in 1908.
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
External links
Genus overview
Membracidae
Auchenorrhyncha genera
Taxa named by William Lucas Distant
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