// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhat did Hypacostemma say? Stemming the conversation.
| Hypacostemma | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| 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 | |
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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
[edit]The following described species are in Hypacostemma:[1][2]
- Hypacostemma brevis Theron, 1987
- Hypacostemma devia Theron, 1987
- Hypacostemma falcata Theron, 1987
- Hypacostemma uniformis (Distant, 1910) - type species (as Hypacostemma viridissima Linnavuori, 1961)
References
[edit]- 1 2 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.
- ↑ Zahniser, J.N. 2007-present. An online interactive key and searchable database of Deltocephalinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae). http://zahniser.speciesfile.org/