Three new species of the leafhopper genus Pedionis Hamilton (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Macropsinae) from China Author Dai, Ren-Huai Author Li, Hu text Zootaxa 2012 3568 65 73 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.210086 43254b46-7e81-4400-8600-3212119aaf38 1175-5326 210086 Genus Pedionis Hamilton Pedionis Hamilton, 1980 : 891 . Type species: Pediopsis garuda Distant, 1916 . Diagnosis. Differing from other Macropsini as follows: body form stout; clypellus dilated apically; striations on pronotum distinctly oblique; fore wing with 2 (in nominate subgenus P . ( Pedionis )) or 3 (in subgenus P . ( Thyia )) preapical cells, and veins usually marked with whitish spots; hind tibia with 8 macrosetae on AD row; male pygofer tapering to point caudally, usually with small spinelike or acute tip; dorsal connective variously armed, usually with slender process twisted dorsally from bulbous base. Distribution. China . Philippines , Japan . India . New Caledonia . Australia . Indonesia . New Guinea .