Verdanus is a genus of true bugs belonging to the family Cicadellidae.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Family: | Cicadellidae |
| Genus: | Verdanus Oman, 1949 |
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Taxonomy edit
The genus Verdanus was established by Oman (1949). The author distinguished Verdanus from the genus Diplocolenus on the base of aedeagal differences. Several authors considered it a subgenus of Diplocolenus. The genus Verdanus includes two subgenera, Verdanus and Erdianus.[3]
Distribution and habitat edit
The species of this holarctic genus are mainly found in Eurasia and Northern America, especially in meadows of the mountain regions.[2]
Species edit
Species within this genus include:[1][2]
- Verdanus abdominalis (Fabricius, 1803)
- Verdanus bensoni China, 1933)
- Verdanus caucasicus (Emeljanov 1962)
- Verdanus ciscaucasicus (Emeljanov, 1964
- Verdanus evansi (Ashmead, 1904)
- Verdanus hardei (Dlabola 1980) 80
- Verdanus intermedius (Emeljanov 1964)
- Verdanus limbatellus (Zetterstedt 1828)
- Verdanus logvinenkoae (Emeljanov 1964)
- Verdanus monticola (Linnavuori 1958)
- Verdanus nigricans (Kirschbaum 1868)
- Verdanus obenbergeri Dlabola 1945
- Verdanus orientalis (Ribaut 1936)
- Verdanus oseticus (Emeljanov 1964)
- Verdanus pazoukii Dlabola 1980
- Verdanus penthopitta (Walker 1851)
- Verdanus quadrivirgatus (Horvath 1884)
Description edit
Verdanus species can reach a body length of about 3–5 mm (0.12–0.20 in). These leafhoppers are pale green with dark brown or black venter and legs. In Eridianus subgenus, aedeagus shows a basal apodeme strongly produced laterally, while connective have arms parallel distally and fused over part of length. Verdanus subgenus has a long and narrow aedeagus and connective with arms divergent distally and abructly angled to midline.[4]
Biology edit
Adults are on wing from mid March to mid August.[5]
References edit
- Oman, P W - The Nearctic leafhoppers (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). A generic classification and check list in Memoirs of the Washington Entomological Society 3: 1-253. 1949
- ^ a b Encyclopedia of Life
- ^ a b c "Verdanus Oman, 1949". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
- ^ A. Guglielmino & C. Buckle Northern Apennines as centre of speciation: a new Verdanus species group (Hemiptera, Cicadomorpha, Cicadellidae) from Italy and its phylogenetic relationships with V. bensoni and the V. limbatellus group
- ^ Knight, W J The evolution of the holartic leafhoppers Diplocolenus with description and keys in Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology
- ^ iNaturalist
