Saigona Matsumura, 1910

Zheng, Yan-Li, Yang, Lin & Chen, Xiang-Sheng, 2014, Four new species of the genus Saigona Matsumura (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Dictyopharidae) from China, ZooKeys 462, pp. 27-41 : 28-29

Taxon classification Animalia Hemiptera Dictyopharidae

Genus Saigona Matsumura, 1910

Saigona Matsumura, 1910: 110; Melichar 1912: 28, 50; Metcalf 1946: 47; Nast 1972: 84; Chou et al. 1985: 63; Anufriev and Emeljanov 1988: 482; Emeljanov 1993: 70; Liang 2001: 235. Type species: Dictyophora [sic] ishidae Matsumura, 1905 [= Almana ussuriensis Lethierry, 1878], by subsequent designation of Melichar 1912: 50; Liang and Song 2006: 28, by comprehensive redescription.

Leprota Melichar, 1912: 91; Metcalf 1946: 74. Type species: Dictyophora [sic] fulgoroides Walker, 1858, by original designation and monotypy. [Synonymised by Liang and Song 2006: 28.]

Neoputala Distant, 1914: 412; Metcalf 1946: 78. Type species: Neoputala lewisi Distant, 1906 [not Neoputala capitata Distant, 1914, as stated by Liang 2001: 236]. [Synonymised by Liang 2001: 236.]

Piela Lallemand, 1942: 72. Type species: Piela singularis Lallemand, 1942, by original designation and monotypy. [Synonymised by Liang and Song 2006: 28.]

Type species.

Dictyophora [sic] ishidae Matsumura, 1905 (original designation).

Diagnosis.

For the relationships and diagnosis of Saigona see Liang and Song (2006: 28).

Distribution.

China (Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, Guangdong, Sichuan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Fujian, Gansu, Shaanxi, Henan, Taiwan, Jilin, Heilongjiang); Korea; Indochina; Japan; Russia (Far Eastern Region).

Key to species of the genus Saigona Matsumura

(Modified from Liang and Song 2006 and updated five species)