Biology:Copicerus

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Short description: Genus of planthoppers

Copicerus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder: Fulgoromorpha
Family: Delphacidae
Subfamily: Asiracinae
Genus: Copicerus
Swartz, 1802
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • Holotus uérin-Méneville, 1856
  • Jerala Walker, 1858
  • Jeralia Walker, 1858 (misspelling of Jerala)

Copicerus is a genus of delphacid planthoppers in the family Delphacidae. There are at least four described species in Copicerus.[1][2][3][4]

Species

These four species belong to the genus Copicerus:

  • Copicerus insignicornis (Lethierry, 1890)
  • Copicerus irroratus Swartz, 1802
  • Copicerus obscurus (Guérin-Méneville, 1856)
  • Copicerus swartzi Stål, 1857

References

Further reading

  • Ding, Jinhua (2006). Homoptera Delphacidae. Fauna Sinica Insecta. 45. Science Press. ISBN 978-7-03-016876-4. 
  • Kennedy, Ashley C.; Bartlett, Charles R.; Wilson, Stephen W. (2012). "An annotated checklist of the delphacid planthoppers (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) of Florida with the description of three new species and the new genus, Meristopsis". The Florida Entomologist 95 (2): 395–421. doi:10.1653/024.095.0223. 

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