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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.
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