''Trypetimorpha'' is a

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in the family

Tropiduchidae Tropiduchidae is a family of planthoppers in the order Hemiptera. There are at least 160 genera and 600 described species In biology, a species is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as ...

; species are recorded from mainland Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia.

Taxonomy

''Trypetimorpha'' is the

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of the small

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Trypetimorphini (erected by

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in 1914). The other

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genus in this tribe is ''

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'' and the extinct genus †'' Reteotissus'' Szwedo, 2019 was found from

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strata in the

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, off southern England.Szwedo J, Drohojowska J, Popov Y, Simon E, Wegierek P (2019) Aphids, true hoppers, jumping plant-lice, scale insects, true bugs and whiteflies (Insecta: Hemiptera) from the Insect Limestone (latest Eocene) of the Isle of Wight, UK. ''Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh'' (doi:10.1017/S175569101900001X): 1-66 7

Species

''Fulgoromorpha Lists on the Web''Fulgoromorpha Lists On the Web (FLOW): ''Trypetimorpha'' Costa, 1862 (retrieved 9 February 2022)
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Trypetimorpha aschei ''Trypetimorpha'' is a genus of bugs in the family Tropiduchidae; species are recorded from mainland Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia. Taxonomy ''Trypetimorpha'' is the type genus of the small tribe Trypetimorphini (erected by Leopold Melichar ...

'' 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 ''Trypetimorpha'' is a genus of bugs in the family Tropiduchidae; species are recorded from mainland Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia. Taxonomy ''Trypetimorpha'' is the type genus of the small tribe Trypetimorphini (erected by Leopold Melichar ...

'' Huang & Bourgoin, 1993 # ''

Trypetimorpha wilsoni ''Trypetimorpha'' is a genus of bugs in the family Tropiduchidae; species are recorded from mainland Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia. Taxonomy ''Trypetimorpha'' is the type genus of the small tribe Trypetimorphini (erected by Leopold Melichar ...

'' Huang & Bourgoin, 1993

References

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* {{taxonbar, from=Q10705495 Tropiduchinae Hemiptera of Europe Hemiptera of Africa Hemiptera of Asia