''Homotoma'' is a genus of mostly
Palaearctic
The Palearctic or Palaearctic is a biogeographic realm of the Earth, the largest of eight. Confined almost entirely to the Eastern Hemisphere, it stretches across Europe and Asia, north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa.
Th ...
plant lice in the family
Carsidaridae
Carsidaridae is a bug family in the superfamily Psylloidea
Psylloidea is a Taxonomic rank, superfamily of Hemiptera, true bugs, including the jumping plant louse, jumping plant lice and others which have recently been classified as distinct ...
and typical of the subfamily
Homotominae
Carsidaridae is a bug family in the superfamily Psylloidea
Psylloidea is a Taxonomic rank, superfamily of Hemiptera, true bugs, including the jumping plant louse, jumping plant lice and others which have recently been classified as distinct ...
;
it was erected by
Félix Guérin-Méneville in 1844.
[Guérin-Méneville FE (1844) ''Iconographie du règne animal de G. Cuvier, ou représentation d'après nature de l'une des espèces les plus remarquables et souvent non encore figurées, de chaque genre d'animaux. Avec un texte descriptif mis au courant de la science. Ouvrage pouvant servir d'atlas à tous les traités de zoologie.'' Insectes. J.B. Baillière, Paris and London. 576 pp.]
Species
The following are recognised:
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References
External links
Information on ''Homotoma ficus'' from IFAS
Psylloidea
Psylloidea genera
Taxa described in 1844
Taxa named by Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville
Hemiptera of Europe
Hemiptera of Asia
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