Maeniana Metcalf, 1952

Constant, Jérôme, 2018, Revision of the Eurybrachidae XIV. The Australian genera Olonia Stål, 1862 and Stalobrachys gen. nov. (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha), European Journal of Taxonomy 486, pp. 1-97 : 88

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2018.486
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scientific name	Maeniana Metcalf, 1952
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Treatment

Genus Maeniana Metcalf, 1952 View in CoL

Maenia Jacobi, 1928: 6 (nec Maenia Dalton, 1877 ) (type species: Maenia hirsuta Jacobi, 1928 View in CoL by original designation).

Maeniana Metcalf, 1952: 228 View in CoL (nom. nov. pro Maenia Jacobi, 1928 nec Maenia Dalton, 1877 ).

Maeniana View in CoL – Metcalf 1956: 67 (catalogued).

Remarks

The most relevant diagnostic characters to recognize the genus Maeniana are these of the male genitalia (based on the male holotype of M. hirsuta (Jacobi, 1928)) :

(1) posterior margin of the pygofer with elongate laterodorsal process projecting posteriorly

(2) gonostyli not or very shortly fused basally

(3) laterodorsal part of the gonostyli elongate and laminate, without spine or hook, and bearing spoonshaped process apically