Taurotettix

Taurotettix
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadellidae
Subfamily: Deltocephalinae
Tribe: Cicadulini
Genus:
Haupt, 1929[1]
Type species
Thamnotettix beckeri
Fieber, 1885
Species

4, see text

Synonyms

Callistrophia Emeljanov, 1962

Taurotettix is a genus of leafhoppers in the tribe Cicadulini. The genus is widely distributed across Eurasia with one species (T. beckeri) found in Algeria.[2]

Species

There are currently 4 described species in Taurotettix:[2]

  • Taurotettix beckeri (Fieber, 1885)
  • Taurotettix elegans (Melichar, 1900)
  • Taurotettix modestus (Mitjaev, 1971)
  • Taurotettix subornatus (Mitjaev, 1971)

References

  1. ^ Neueinteilung der Homoptera-Cicadina nach phylogenetisch zu wertenden Merkmalen H Haupt - … Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Okologie und …, 1929
  2. ^ a b Zahniser, J.N. 2007-present. An online interactive key and searchable database of Deltocephalinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae). http://zahniser.speciesfile.org/
  • "Taurotettix". The Encyclopedia of Life.
  • Taurotettix at insectoid.info