''Circulifer'' is a genus of
leafhopper
A leafhopper is the common name for any species from the family Cicadellidae. These minute insects, colloquially known as hoppers, are plant feeders that suck plant sap from grass, shrubs, or trees. Their hind legs are modified for jumping, and ...
s in the tribe
Opsiini
Opsiini is a tribe of leafhoppers in the subfamily
In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end ...
and the subfamily
Deltocephalinae
Deltocephalinae is a subfamily of leafhoppers. Deltocephalinae is the largest subfamily in the family Cicadellidae and is divided into 40 tribes, comprising over 925 genera, and over 6,700 described species.
Tribes
There are currently 40 des ...
. Some authors have treated it as a subgenus of ''
Neoaliturus''.
Species
* ''
Circulifer alboflavovittatus''
Lindberg, 1954
* ''
Circulifer dubiosus''
(Matsumura, 1908)
* ''
Circulifer haematoceps''
(Mulsant & Rey, 1855)
* ''
Circulifer hispaniae''
Young & Frazier, 1954
* ''
Circulifer nitidus''
Young & Frazier, 1954
* ''
Circulifer opacipennis''
(Lethierry, 1876)
* ''
Circulifer rubrivenosus''
(Scott, 1876)
* ''
Circulifer tenellus
The beet leafhopper (''Circulifer tenellus''), also sometimes known as ''Neoaliturus tenellus'', is a species of leafhopper which belongs to the family Cicadellidae in the order Hemiptera.
Morphology
A lot of morphological diversity has been ...
''
(Baker, 1896) – beet leafhopper
References
Circulifer on www.biolib.cz
External links
Cicadellidae genera
Opsiini
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