Tonga (insect)
Tonga is a genus of tropical planthoppers, found throughout Asia and Oceania, including in China, Taiwan, Indonesia, Japan, Myanmar, Vietnam, New Guinea, and the Philippines. Originally named Cyrene by the English entomologist John O. Westwood, the genus would later be revised into Tonga by the entomologist George [Willis Kirkaldy] in his 1900 article Bibliographical and nomenclatorial notes on Rhynchota No. 1.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus Tonga:- Tonga acutipennis
- Tonga baingensis
- Tonga bipunctata
- Tonga botelensis
- Tonga brunnea
- Tonga foliacea
- Tonga formosana
- Tonga guttulata - type species
- Tonga hageni
- Tonga inermis
- Tonga irregulata
- Tonga mucronata
- Tonga semipolita
- Tonga telifera
- Tonga truncata
- Tonga unipunctata
- Tonga westwoodi
- ''Tonga yayeyamana''