Neocromna is a genus of planthoppers found in New Guinea and adjacent islands.
Taxonomy Neocromna is classified in the tribe Nephesini of the subfamily Flatinae. The genus includes two species:
Neocromna bistriguttata (Stål, 1863) Synonyms: Nephesa bistriguttata Stål, 1863 Colgar bistriguttata Melichar, 1902 Colgar similata Melichar, 1902 Colgar tripunctata Melichar, 1902 Phymoides rubromaculata Distant, 1910 Neomelicharia marginalis Metcalf, 1957 Neocromna hastifera (Walker, 1870) Synonyms: Colgar quadriguttata Melichar, 1902 Colobesthes hastifera Walker, 1870 Colgar hastifera (Walker, 1870) Neomelicharia hastifera (Walker, 1870) Phymoides atromaculatus Distant, 1910 Neocromna atromaculata (Distant, 1910) Neodaksha atromaculatus (Distant, 1910)
Description See Medler, 2000.
Distribution Neocromna was first described from New Guinea, and the two species have both been recorded in Papua New Guinea and in the Indonesian province of Western New Guinea (Irian Jaya). N. bistriguttata has been further recorded from the Aru Islands, whilst N. hastifer is known from Misool, both close to western New Guinea.
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