''Tropiduchus'' is a
genus
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of
planthopper
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s (order
Hemiptera
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), recorded from Africa and
Malesia
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Taxonomy
''Tropiduchus'' is the type genus of the family Tropiduchidae
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subfamily Tropiduchinae
Tropiduchinae is a subfamily of tropiduchid planthoppers in the family Tropiduchidae
Tropiduchidae is a family of planthoppers in the order Hemiptera. There are at least 160 genera and 600 described species
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and tribe
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Tropiduchini (erected later by Carl Stål in 1866).[Stål C. 1866 - Hemiptera Homoptera Latr. ''Hemiptera Africana'' 4: 1-276 86] The genera currently placed in the Tropiduchini, recorded from Africa, Asia and Australia, are:
# '' Antabhoga'' Distant, 1912
# '' Bitara'' Stroinski & Szwedo, 2021
# '' Daradacella'' Fennah, 1949
# '' Daradax'' Walker, 1857
# '' Ficarasa'' Walker, 1857
# '' Haliartus (planthopper)'' Melichar, 1914
# '' Lavora'' Muir, 1931
# '' Leptotambinia'' Kato, 1931
# '' Leptovanua'' Melichar, 1914
# '' Macrovanua'' Fennah, 1950
# '' Montrouzierana'' Signoret, 1861
# '' Neocatara'' Distant, 1910
# '' Nesotemora'' Fennah, 1956
# '' Oechalina'' Melichar, 1914
# '' Oechalinella'' Wang, 2016
# '' Oligaethus'' Jacobi, 1928
# '' Peggioga'' Kirkaldy, 1905
# '' Peltodictya'' Kirkaldy, 1906
# '' Pseudoparicana'' Melichar, 1914
# '' Rhinodictya'' Kirkaldy, 1906
# '' Scenoma'' Fennah, 1969
# '' Swezeyaria'' Metcalf, 1946
# '' Thaumantia'' Melichar, 1914
# '' Thymbra (planthopper)'' Melichar, 1914
# ''Tropiduchus'' Stål, 1854
# '' Vanua (planthopper)'' Kirkaldy, 1906
# '' Varma (planthopper)'' Distant, 1906
Species
''Fulgoromorpha Lists on the Web''[Fulgoromorpha Lists On the Web (FLOW): ''Tropiduchus'' Stål, 1854 (retrieved 9 February 2022)]
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# '' Tropiduchus anceps'' Fennah, 1958
# '' Tropiduchus arisba'' Fennah, 1958
# '' Tropiduchus asturco'' Fennah, 1958
# '' Tropiduchus atlas'' Fennah, 1958
# '' Tropiduchus bifasciatus'' Van Stalle, 1985
# '' Tropiduchus castigator'' (Melichar, 1914)
# '' Tropiduchus castigatoria'' (Schmidt, 1918)
# '' Tropiduchus electra'' Fennah, 1957
# '' Tropiduchus fuscatus'' Melichar, 1914
# '' Tropiduchus ino'' Fennah, 1958
# '' Tropiduchus iphis'' Fennah, 1958
# '' Tropiduchus kupei'' Van Stalle, 1984
# '' Tropiduchus luridus'' (Walker, 1857)
# '' Tropiduchus marpsias'' Linnavuori, 1973
# '' Tropiduchus notatus'' Melichar, 1914
# '' Tropiduchus obiensis'' Melichar, 1914
# '' Tropiduchus pallidus'' Van Stalle, 1984
# '' Tropiduchus philippinus'' Melichar, 1914
# '' Tropiduchus silvicola'' Van Stalle, 1984
# '' Tropiduchus sobrinus'' Stål, 1854
- type species (Africa)
# '' Tropiduchus subfasciata'' (Melichar, 1914)
# '' Tropiduchus variegata'' (Muir, 1931)
References
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Tropiduchinae
Hemiptera of Africa
Hemiptera of Asia