''Trypetimorpha'' is a

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in the family

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

Taxonomy

''Trypetimorpha'' is the type genus of the small

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Trypetimorphini (erected by

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in 1914). The other

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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)
/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

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