''Falcidius'' is a genus 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 in the family
Issidae.
Distribution
This genus includes 10 species distributed only in the
Mediterranean
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region:
Morocco
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Algeria
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Malta
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, Southern
Italy
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[V.M. Gnezdilov, M.R. Wilson (2008) Revision of the genus ''Falcidius'' Stål (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Issidae). J. Nat. Hist. 42: 1447-1475]
Species
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Falcidius apterus
''Falcidius'' is a genus of planthoppers in the family Issidae.
Distribution
This genus includes 10 species distributed only in the Mediterranean region: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Malta, Southern Italy (including Sicily), and Southern ...
'' (Fabricius, 1794)
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Falcidius chlorizans
''Falcidius'' is a genus of planthoppers in the family Issidae.
Distribution
This genus includes 10 species distributed only in the Mediterranean region: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Malta, Southern Italy (including Sicily), and Southern ...
'' (Rey, 1891)
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Falcidius diphtheriopsis
''Falcidius'' is a genus of planthoppers in the family Issidae.
Distribution
This genus includes 10 species distributed only in the Mediterranean region: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Malta, Southern Italy (including Sicily), and Southern ...
'' Bergevin, 1919
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Falcidius doriae
''Falcidius'' is a genus of planthoppers in the family Issidae.
Distribution
This genus includes 10 species distributed only in the Mediterranean region: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Malta, Southern Italy (including Sicily), and Southern ...
'' (Ferrari, 1884)
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Falcidius duffelsicus
''Falcidius'' is a genus of planthoppers in the family Issidae.
Distribution
This genus includes 10 species distributed only in the Mediterranean region: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Malta, Southern Italy (including Sicily), and Southern ...
'' Dlabola, 1982
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Falcidius ebejeri
''Falcidius'' is a genus of planthoppers in the family Issidae.
Distribution
This genus includes 10 species distributed only in the Mediterranean region: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Malta, Southern Italy (including Sicily), and Southern ...
'' Gnezdilov & Wilson, 2008
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Falcidius hannibal
''Falcidius'' is a genus of planthoppers in the family Issidae.
Distribution
This genus includes 10 species distributed only in the Mediterranean region: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Malta, Southern Italy (including Sicily), and Southern ...
'' Gnezdilov & Wilson, 2008
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Falcidius limbatus
''Falcidius'' is a genus of planthoppers in the family Issidae.
Distribution
This genus includes 10 species distributed only in the Mediterranean region: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Malta, Southern Italy (including Sicily), and Southern ...
'' (A. Costa, 1864)
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Falcidius marocanus
''Falcidius'' is a genus of planthoppers in the family Issidae.
Distribution
This genus includes 10 species distributed only in the Mediterranean region: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Malta, Southern Italy (including Sicily), and Southern ...
'' Bergevin, 1923
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Falcidius scipionis
''Falcidius'' is a genus 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 l ...
'' Gnezdilov & Wilson, 2008
References
Hysteropterinae
Insects of North Africa
Hemiptera of Europe
Auchenorrhyncha genera
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