Rhotana

drawing of forewing of Rhotana latipennis, male lectotype (click on image to enlarge it)

Rhotana sp., a member of the Rhotana latipennis species group from Singapore (click on image to enlarge it)

Family: Derbidae
Tribe: Rhotanini
Genus: Rhotana Walker, 1857
Type species: Rhotana latipennis Walker, 1857, by monotypy.

Synonyms

• Genestia Stål, 1858
  

Type species: Genestia vitriceps Stål, 1858, by monotypy.

• Decora Bierman, 1910
  

Type species: Decora pavo Bierman, 1910, by monotypy.

Diagnosis

The genus is characterized by a combination of the following characters:

• The forewings are broad and unpowdered or with only small powdered patches.
• Forewings with 5 narrow costal cells.
• The fore- and/or hindwings often have elaborate colour patterns.
• The male pygofer often has prominent, pointed, lateral projections.

For a list of all species see Wikispecies

• Other images of Rhotana (provided by Cheong Loong Fah - click to enlarge)
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  Rhotana marmorata

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  Rhotana semiopalina

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  Rhotana transversolinea

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  Rhotana transversolinea from back with raised wings

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  Rhotana venosa

References

• Bierman, C.J.H. 1910: Homopteren aus Niederländisch Ost-Indien. Notes Leyden Mus., 33: 1-68.
• Stål, C. 1858: Hemipterologiska bidrag. Öfvers. af K. Vetensk.-Akad. Förh., 15 (9-10): 450.
• Walker, F. 1857: Catalogue of the homopterous insects collected at Sarawak, Borneo, by Mr. A.R. Wallace, with description of new species. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Zoology, Vol. I: 141-175.
• Zelazny, B. and Webb, M.D. 2011: Revision of the planthopper tribe Rhotanini (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Derbidae). Zootaxa, 3071: 1–307. Preview