Biology:Hypacostemma
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Short description: Genus of insects
Hypacostemma is a genus of leafhoppers in the subfamily Deltocephalinae. It is the only genus in the tribe Hypacostemmini. Hypacostemma contains at least 5 described species distributed throughout Southern Africa. Hypacostemma are usually large greenish leafhoppers with a length between 7-10 mm.[1]
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Tribe: | Hypacostemmini Linnavuori & Al-Ne’amy, 1983
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Genus: | Hypacostemma Linnavuori, 1961
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Hypacostemma uniformis Distant, 1910
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5, see text. |
Species
There are currently 5 described species in Hypacostemma:[1][2]
- Hypacostemma brevis Theron, 1987
- Hypacostemma devia Theron, 1987
- Hypacostemma falcata Theron, 1987
- Hypacostemma uniformis Distant, 1910
- Hypacostemma viridissima Linnavuori, 1961
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Zahniser, James N; Dietrich, Chris (2013-05-29). "A review of the tribes of Deltocephalinae (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae)". European Journal of Taxonomy (45). doi:10.5852/ejt.2013.45. ISSN 2118-9773. http://www.europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/150.
- ↑ Zahniser, J.N. 2007-present. An online interactive key and searchable database of Deltocephalinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae). http://zahniser.speciesfile.org/
Wikidata ☰ Q10529518 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypacostemma.
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