''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

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region:

Morocco Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It has coastlines on the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to Algeria–Morocc ...

Algeria Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to Algeria–Tunisia border, the northeast by Tunisia; to Algeria–Libya border, the east by Libya; to Alger ...

Tunisia Tunisia, officially the Republic of Tunisia, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered by Algeria to the west and southwest, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Tunisia also shares m ...

Malta Malta, officially the Republic of Malta, is an island country in Southern Europe located in the Mediterranean Sea, between Sicily and North Africa. It consists of an archipelago south of Italy, east of Tunisia, and north of Libya. The two ...

, Southern

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(including

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), and Southern

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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

* '' Falcidius apterus'' (Fabricius, 1794) * '' Falcidius chlorizans'' (Rey, 1891) * '' Falcidius diphtheriopsis'' Bergevin, 1919 * '' Falcidius doriae'' (Ferrari, 1884) * '' Falcidius duffelsicus'' Dlabola, 1982 * ''

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 France.V. ...

'' Gnezdilov & Wilson, 2008 * '' Falcidius hannibal'' Gnezdilov & Wilson, 2008 * '' Falcidius limbatus'' (A. Costa, 1864) * '' Falcidius marocanus'' Bergevin, 1923 * '' Falcidius scipionis'' Gnezdilov & Wilson, 2008

References

Hysteropterinae Insects of North Africa Hemiptera of Europe Auchenorrhyncha genera {{Fulgoromorpha-stub