''Tropiduchus'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
planthopper
A planthopper is any insect in the infraorder Fulgoromorpha, in the suborder Auchenorrhyncha, a group exceeding 12,500 described species worldwide. The name comes from their remarkable resemblance to leaves and other plants of their environment ...
s (order
Hemiptera
Hemiptera (; ) is an order of insects, commonly called true bugs, comprising more than 80,000 species within groups such as the cicadas, aphids, planthoppers, leafhoppers, assassin bugs, bed bugs, and shield bugs. They range in size from ...
), recorded from Africa and
Malesia
Malesia is a biogeographical region straddling the Equator and the boundaries of the Indomalayan and Australasian realms. It is a phytogeographical floristic region in the Paleotropical kingdom. It was first recognized as a distinct region ...
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Taxonomy
''Tropiduchus'' is the type genus
In biological taxonomy, the type genus (''genus typica'') is the genus which defines a biological family and the root of the family name.
Zoological nomenclature
According to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, "The name-bearin ...
of the family Tropiduchidae
Tropiduchidae is a family of planthoppers in the order Hemiptera. There are at least 160 genera and 600 described species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes o ...
subfamily Tropiduchinae
Tropiduchinae is a subfamily of tropiduchid planthoppers in the family Tropiduchidae.
Tribes and Selected Genera
''Fulgoromorpha Lists On the Web'' lists the following:
* Alcestini
# ''Alcestis (planthopper)''
# ''Alcumena''
# ''Alphesiboea ...
and tribe
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Tropiduchini (erected later by Carl Stål
Carl Stål (21 March 1833 – 13 June 1878) was a Swedish people, Swedish entomologist specialising in Hemiptera.
He was born at Karlberg Castle, Stockholm on 21 March 1833 and died at Frösundavik near Stockholm on 13 June 1878. He was the son ...
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) :''See Battle of Thymbra for the fight in Lydia between the Persians and the Lydians''. See Thymbra (plant) for the plant genus.
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'' 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
''Tropiduchus'' is a genus of planthoppers (order Hemiptera), recorded from Africa and Malesia.
Taxonomy
''Tropiduchus'' is the type genus of the family Tropiduchidae subfamily Tropiduchinae and tribe Tropiduchini (erected later by Carl Stål i ...
'' Melichar, 1914
# '' Tropiduchus ino'' Fennah, 1958
# ''Tropiduchus iphis
''Tropiduchus'' is a genus of planthoppers (order Hemiptera), recorded from Africa and Malesia.
Taxonomy
''Tropiduchus'' is the type genus of the family Tropiduchidae subfamily Tropiduchinae and Tribe (biology), tribe Tropiduchini (erected later ...
'' Fennah, 1958
# ''Tropiduchus kupei
''Tropiduchus'' is a genus of planthoppers (order Hemiptera), recorded from Africa and Malesia.
Taxonomy
''Tropiduchus'' is the type genus of the family Tropiduchidae subfamily Tropiduchinae and tribe Tropiduchini (erected later by Carl Stål i ...
'' 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
External links
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Tropiduchinae
Hemiptera of Africa
Hemiptera of Asia