Biology:Oxypleura

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Oxypleura is a genus of Asian cicadas in the tribe Platypleurini, erected by Charles Jean-Baptiste Amyot and Jean Guillaume Audinet-Serville in 1843;[1] they named it from the Greek: οξύς (sharp) and pleura (πλευρά). Species distribution records include: Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, India, Indochina and Australia.[2]

Species

The World Auchenorrhyncha Database[2] includes:

  1. Oxypleura atkinsoni (Distant, 1912)
  2. Oxypleura basalis Signoret, 1891
  3. Oxypleura calypso Kirby, 1889 - Christmas Island Cicada
  4. Oxypleura centralis (Distant, 1897)
  5. Oxypleura clara Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843 - type species
  6. Oxypleura ethiopiensis Boulard, 1975
  7. Oxypleura lenihani Boulard, 1985
  8. Oxypleura pointeli Boulard, 1985
  9. Oxypleura quadraticollis (Butler, 1874)
  10. Oxypleura spoerryae Boulard, 1980

References

  1. ↑ Amyot CJ-B, Audinet-Serville, JG (1843) Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Hémiptères. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris, lxxvi + 676 pp. + 12 pls.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 World Auchenorrhyncha Database: genus Oxypleura Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843 (retrieved 10 June 2025)

Wikidata ☰ Q39071879 entry



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