Tropidocephala

Tropidocephala
Tropidocephala brunnipennis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder: Fulgoromorpha
Family: Delphacidae
Subfamily: Delphacinae
Tribe: Tropidocephalini
Genus: Tropidocephala
Stål, 1853
Synonyms[1]
  • Conicoda Matsumura, 1900
  • Ectopiopterygodelphax Kirkaldy, 1906
  • Smara Distant, 1906

Tropidocephala[2] is a genus of planthopper bugs, typical of the tribe Tropidocephalini. Species have been recorded from Africa, Europe and (mostly tropical) Asia.[3]

Species

The World Auchenorrhyncha Database (WAD)[3] includes:

  1. Tropidocephala amboinensis Muir, 1913
  2. Tropidocephala andropogonis Horváth, 1895
  3. Tropidocephala andunna Kuoh, 1979
  4. Tropidocephala arcas Fennah, 1988
  5. Tropidocephala atrata (Distant, 1906)
  6. Tropidocephala baguioensis Muir, 1916
  7. Tropidocephala bironis Matsumura, 1907
  8. Tropidocephala breviceps Matsumura, 1907
  9. Tropidocephala brunnipennis Signoret, 1860
  10. Tropidocephala dimidia Yang & Yang, 1986
  11. Tropidocephala dingi Sun, Yang & Chen, 2014
  12. Tropidocephala dryas Kirkaldy, 1907
  13. Tropidocephala erianthi Dlabola, 1963
  14. Tropidocephala eximia (Kirkaldy, 1906)
  15. Tropidocephala festiva (Distant, 1906)
  16. Tropidocephala flava Melichar, 1914
  17. Tropidocephala flaviceps Stål, 1855 - type species
  18. Tropidocephala flavovittata Matsumura, 1907
  19. Tropidocephala formosana Matsumura, 1910
  20. Tropidocephala gracilis Matsumura, 1907
  21. Tropidocephala grata Yang & Yang, 1986
  22. Tropidocephala insperata Yang, 1989
  23. Tropidocephala jiawenna Kuoh, 1979
  24. Tropidocephala lamellata Lv, Li, Zhang, Yang & Chen, 2025
  25. Tropidocephala longispina Ding, 1982
  26. Tropidocephala luteola Distant, 1912
  27. Tropidocephala malayana Matsumura, 1907
  28. Tropidocephala neoamboinensis Muir, 1913
  29. Tropidocephala neoelegans Muir, 1913
  30. Tropidocephala neogracilis Muir, 1913
  31. Tropidocephala nigra (Matsumura, 1900)
  32. Tropidocephala nigrocacuminis Muir, 1916
  33. Tropidocephala orientalis Ding, 2006
  34. Tropidocephala prasina Melichar, 1902
  35. Tropidocephala prolixa Guo & Liang, 2005
  36. Tropidocephala pseudobaguioensis Muir, 1916
  37. Tropidocephala pulchella Dubovsky, 1966
  38. Tropidocephala russa Ding, 2006
  39. Tropidocephala saccharicola Muir, 1913
  40. Tropidocephala saccharivorella Matsumura, 1907
  41. Tropidocephala serendiba (Melichar, 1903)
  42. Tropidocephala simaoensis Ding, 2006
  43. Tropidocephala sinica Ding, 2006
  44. Tropidocephala sinuosa Yang & Yang, 1986
  45. Tropidocephala speciosa (Bierman, 1908)
  46. Tropidocephala terminalis Jacobi, 1941
  47. Tropidocephala touchi Kuoh, 1979
  48. Tropidocephala tuberipennis (Mulsant & Rey, 1855)
  49. Tropidocephala tyro Fennah, 1988
  50. Tropidocephala ucalegon Fennah, 1988
  51. Tropidocephala umbrina Linnavuori, 1973
  52. Tropidocephala viridula (Bierman, 1908)
  53. Tropidocephala xelus Fennah, 1988
  54. Tropidocephala yichangensis Ding, 2006
  55. Tropidocephala yunnanensis Lv, Li, Zhang, Yang & Chen, 2025
  56. Tropidocephala zeno Fennah, 1988

References

  1. ^ "Tropidocephala". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  2. ^ Stål C (1853)- Nya Genera bland Hemiptera. Ofversigt af Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar. Stockholm 10: 259-267 [266].
  3. ^ a b World Auchenorrhyncha Database (WAD): Tropidocephala Stål, 1853 (retrieved 7 March 2026)
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