Cedusa zedusa ( Caldwell,1944 )

Gul, Madhanram Gnanapragasam Shaheen & Sanmugasundharam, Suriya, 2025, First report of the blue Derbid planthopper Cedusa vulgaris (Fitch) (Hemiptera: Derbidae) as a pest of grapes from India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 125 (2), pp. 131-139 : 135

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v125/i2/2025/172835

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F38792-FFC9-FFF6-FF6A-00B3FE32FC49

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scientific name

Cedusa zedusa ( Caldwell,1944 )
status

 

Cedusa zedusa ( Caldwell,1944) View in CoL

23. Clasper with a deep, broad notch → Cedusa pedusa (McAtee,1924)

– Clasper with a narrow, deep notch → Cedusa funesta ( Fowler,1904)

24. Frons with longitudinal ridge → 25

– Frons without longitudinal ridge → 27

25. Elytra brown, transparent at apex → 26

– Elytra uniformly coloured → 27

26. Body small (< 4 mm), frons narrow, legs pale → Cedusa minuenda ( Ball, 1928)

– Body larger (> 4 mm), frons broader → 27

27. Forewings relatively short, parameres elongate → Cedusa metcalfi ( Flynn & Kramer, 1983)

– Forewings longer, parameres shorter → 28

28. Body dark brown to black, distributed widely in the USA and Honduras → Cedusa mallochi (McAtee, 1924)

– Body colouration variable, distribution different → Other Cedusa species

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Derbidae

Genus

Cedusa

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