Calodia Nielson 1982: 140

Nielson, M. W., 2015, A revision of the tribe Coelidiini of the Oriental, Palearctic and Australian biogeographical regions (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Coelidiinae), Insecta Mundi 2015 (410), pp. 1-202 : 5

Calodia Nielson 1982: 140

Type-species, Calodia multipectinata Nielson 1982: 140

Description. Medium size to large, robust species. Length: male 6.10-9.70 mm.; female 7.50-12.40 mm. Very similar to Olidiana in color and other general habitus features. Calodia is delimited principally by combination of the following features: Aedeagus with 2 distinctive processes, processes long to short, subapical, apical or medial, attached separately to the aedeagal shaft, glabrous or one or both adorned with accessory spines or setae on the lateral margins. Accessory features vary from fine dentations to moderately long spines or setae, small setae or dentations may be present on or near apex of the aedeagal shaft. Pygofer setose, rarely with caudodorsal or caudoventral processes. Style broad, apophysis short to moderately long. Subgenital plate glabrous or setose apically and/or laterally; rarely with spine apically. (Further details of these characters are found in Nielson 1982: 140). The aedeagal features will distinguish the genus from all others in the tribe. The genus is broadly distributed throughout the Oriental region with dispersal in southern Palearctic region. Thirty-four species comprise the genus, including six new species. Lodiana nigritibiana Li is reinstated and placed in Calodia in new combination. Three new combinations are proposed in the genus.