Hypacostemma

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

5, see text

Hypacostemma is a genus of leafhoppers in the subfamily Deltocephalinae. It is the only genus in the tribe Hypacostemmini. Hypacostemma contains at least 5 described species distributed throughout Southern Africa. Hypacostemma are usually large greenish leafhoppers with a length between 7-10 mm.[1]


Species

There are currently 5 described species in Hypacostemma:[1][2]

  • Hypacostemma brevis Theron, 1987
  • Hypacostemma devia Theron, 1987
  • Hypacostemma falcata Theron, 1987
  • Hypacostemma uniformis Distant, 1910
  • 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/