Achilus

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Achilus
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Achilus flammeus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder: Fulgoromorpha
Family: Achilidae
Subfamily: Achilinae
Genus: Achilus
Kirby, 1818

Achilus is the type genus [1] of planthoppers of the family Achilidae. This may be a monotypic genus containing the type species Achilus flammeus . [2] Kirby, 1818: which is the "red fingernail bug" and found in Australia. [3] The placement of A. cixioidesSpinola from Chile, is uncertain, [4] but it may belong in Mnemosyne Stål, 1866 (Cixiinae}. The genus described by William Kirby in 1819. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ FLOW: Achilus Kirby, 1818 [type genus] (retrieved 22 January 2022)
  2. ↑ "Achilus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  3. ↑ GBIF: Achilus flammeus Kirby, 1818
  4. ↑ NSW Government Achilus Kirby.
  5. ↑ Kirby W (1819) A description of several new species of insects collected in New Holland by Robert Brown, Esq. F.R.S. Lib. Linn. Soc. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 12(2): 454-482.

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