Tonga Kirkaldy, 1900

Gnezdilov, Vladimir M., 2009, Revisionary notes on some tropical Issidae and Nogodinidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 49 (1), pp. 75-92 : 87

Genus Tonga Kirkaldy, 1900

Cyrene Westwood 1845: 35 (preoccupied). Type species: Cyrene guttulata Westwood, 1845 , by original designation.

Tonga Kirkaldy, 1900: 242 . New name for Cyrene Westwood, 1845 .

Sutteria Lallemand & Synave, 1953: 247 , syn. nov. Type species: Sutteria baingensis Lallemand & Synave, 1953 , by original designation.

Comments. The synonymization of Sutteria and Tonga is based on the following features ( Figs. 12–13 ): metope and coryphe long, narrowing apically; metope with distinct median and sublateral keels; fore wings wide, with long clavus reaching wing apex, with hypocostal plate and blister-like microsculpture; hind wings well developed; hind tibia with two lateral spines distally.

Figures

Figs. 12–15. 12–13 – Tonga baingensis (Lallemand & Synave, 1953): 12 – ♀, holotype, dorsal view; 13 – same, frontal view. 14–15 – Lollius kuroiwae (Matsumura, 1916), specimen from Iriomote Island: 14 – ♀, lateral view; 15 – same, frontal view.