''Trypetimorpha''
is a
genus
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of
bugs in the family
Tropiduchidae
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; species are recorded from mainland Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia.
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Taxonomy
The genus was first described in 1862 by Achille Costa
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.type genus
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Zoological nomenclature
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of the small tribe
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Trypetimorphini (erected by Leopold Melichar
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in 1914). The other extant
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genus in this tribe is '' Ommatissus'' and the extinct
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genus †'' Reteotissus'' Szwedo, 2019 was found from Eocene
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strata in the Isle of Wight
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, off southern England.
Species
''Fulgoromorpha Lists on the Web''[Fulgoromorpha Lists On the Web (FLOW): ''Trypetimorpha'' Costa, 1862 (retrieved 9 February 2022)]
/ref> includes:
# '' Trypetimorpha aschei'' Huang & Bourgoin, 1993
# '' Trypetimorpha biermani'' (Dammerman, 1910)
# '' Trypetimorpha canopus'' Linnavuori, 1973
# '' Trypetimorpha fenestrata'' Costa, 1862 - type species (mainland Europe, north Africa and the Middle East)
# '' Trypetimorpha japonica'' Ishihara, 1954
# '' Trypetimorpha occidentalis'' Huang & Bourgoin, 1993
# '' Trypetimorpha sizhengi'' Huang & Bourgoin, 1993
# '' Trypetimorpha wilsoni'' Huang & Bourgoin, 1993
References
External links
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Tropiduchinae
Hemiptera of Europe
Hemiptera of Africa
Hemiptera of Asia
Taxa named by Achille Costa