Telamona Fitch 1851

Wallace, Matthew S., 2015, Taxonomic changes in the treehopper genera Helonica Ball, Te la mo na Fitch, and Palonica Ball (Hemiptera: Membracidae: Smiliinae: Telamonini), Zootaxa 4007 (2), pp. 251-258 : 252

Genus Telamona Fitch 1851

( Figs. 1 A–F)

Synonymy.

Telamona Fitch 1851: 50 . Type species: T. fasciata Fitch 1851 by subsequent designation, junior synonym of T. unicolor Fitch. Helonica Ball 1931: 15 . Type species: Thelia excelsa Fairmaire 1846 by original designation; new synonymy.

Notes. See notes on Telamona excelsa , below.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Selected Telamonini adults in lateral and anterior aspects. A, Telamona projecta Butler, lateral aspect (ESUC). B, T. projecta, anterior aspect (ESUC). C, Telamona excelsa (Fairmaire), holotype, lateral aspect, © 2015 Vienna Natural History Museum (NHMW), Hemiptera Image Collection. D, Telamona unicolor Fitch, lectotype, lateral aspect (NYSM). E, T. projecta Butler, holotype (Broomfield 1971), lateral aspect, © 2015 BMNH. F, Telamona magniloba Goding, holotype, lateral aspect (USNM). G, Palonica albidorsata (Fowler), holotype, lateral aspect, © 2015 BMNH. H, P. satyrus (Fowler), lectotype (Broomfield 1971), lateral aspect, © 2015 BMNH.