Tropiduchus[1] is a genus of planthoppers (order Hemiptera), recorded from Africa and Malesia.[2]

Tropiduchus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder: Fulgoromorpha
Family: Tropiduchidae
Subfamily: Tropiduchinae
Tribe: Tropiduchini
Genus: Tropiduchus
Stål, 1854

Taxonomy

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Tropiduchus is the type genus of the family Tropiduchidae subfamily Tropiduchinae and tribe Tropiduchini (erected later by Carl Stål in 1866).[3] The genera currently placed in the Tropiduchini, recorded from Africa, Asia and Australia, are:

  1. Antabhoga Distant, 1912
  2. Bitara Stroinski & Szwedo, 2021
  3. Daradacella Fennah, 1949
  4. Daradax Walker, 1857
  5. Ficarasa Walker, 1857
  6. Haliartus (planthopper) Melichar, 1914
  7. Lavora Muir, 1931
  8. Leptotambinia Kato, 1931
  9. Leptovanua Melichar, 1914
  10. Macrovanua Fennah, 1950
  11. Montrouzierana Signoret, 1861
  12. Neocatara Distant, 1910
  13. Nesotemora Fennah, 1956
  14. Oechalina Melichar, 1914
  15. Oechalinella Wang, 2016
  16. Oligaethus Jacobi, 1928
  17. Peggioga Kirkaldy, 1905
  18. Peltodictya Kirkaldy, 1906
  19. Pseudoparicana Melichar, 1914
  20. Rhinodictya Kirkaldy, 1906
  21. Scenoma Fennah, 1969
  22. Swezeyaria Metcalf, 1946
  23. Thaumantia Melichar, 1914
  24. Thymbra (planthopper) Melichar, 1914
  25. Tropiduchus Stål, 1854
  26. Vanua (planthopper) Kirkaldy, 1906
  27. Varma (planthopper) Distant, 1906

Species

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Fulgoromorpha Lists on the Web[2] includes:

  1. Tropiduchus anceps Fennah, 1958
  2. Tropiduchus arisba Fennah, 1958
  3. Tropiduchus asturco Fennah, 1958
  4. Tropiduchus atlas Fennah, 1958
  5. Tropiduchus bifasciatus Van Stalle, 1985
  6. Tropiduchus castigator (Melichar, 1914)
  7. Tropiduchus castigatoria (Schmidt, 1918)
  8. Tropiduchus electra Fennah, 1957
  9. Tropiduchus fuscatus Melichar, 1914
  10. Tropiduchus ino Fennah, 1958
  11. Tropiduchus iphis Fennah, 1958
  12. Tropiduchus kupei Van Stalle, 1984
  13. Tropiduchus luridus (Walker, 1857)
  14. Tropiduchus marpsias Linnavuori, 1973
  15. Tropiduchus notatus Melichar, 1914
  16. Tropiduchus obiensis Melichar, 1914
  17. Tropiduchus pallidus Van Stalle, 1984
  18. Tropiduchus philippinus Melichar, 1914
  19. Tropiduchus silvicola Van Stalle, 1984
  20. Tropiduchus sobrinus Stål, 1854
    - type species (Africa)
  21. Tropiduchus subfasciata (Melichar, 1914)
  22. Tropiduchus variegata (Muir, 1931)

References

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  1. ^ Stål C (1854) Nya Hemiptera. Ofversigt af Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar. Stockholm 11: 231-255.
  2. ^ a b Fulgoromorpha Lists On the Web (FLOW): Tropiduchus Stål, 1854 (retrieved 9 February 2022)
  3. ^ Stål C. 1866 - Hemiptera Homoptera Latr. Hemiptera Africana 4: 1-276 [186].
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