Hypacostemma

Hypacostemma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadellidae
Tribe: Selenocephalini
Subtribe: Hypacostemmina
Linnavuori & Al-Ne'amy, 1983
Genus: Hypacostemma
Linnavuori, 1961
Type species
Hypacostemma uniformis
Distant, 1910
Species

4, see text

Hypacostemma is a genus of leafhoppers in the subfamily Deltocephalinae. It is the only genus in the subtribe Hypacostemmina. Hypacostemma species are distributed throughout Southern Africa. Hypacostemma are usually large greenish leafhoppers with a length between 7-10 mm.[1]

Species

The following described species are in Hypacostemma:[1][2]

  1. Hypacostemma brevis Theron, 1987
  2. Hypacostemma devia Theron, 1987
  3. Hypacostemma falcata Theron, 1987
  4. Hypacostemma uniformis (Distant, 1910) - type species (as Hypacostemma viridissima Linnavuori, 1961)

References

  1. ^ a b Zahniser, James N; Dietrich, Chris (2013-05-29). "A review of the tribes of Deltocephalinae (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae)". European Journal of Taxonomy (45). doi:10.5852/ejt.2013.45. ISSN 2118-9773.
  2. ^ Zahniser, J.N. 2007-present. An online interactive key and searchable database of Deltocephalinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae). http://zahniser.speciesfile.org/