Bilimekia | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
Family: | Membracidae |
Subfamily: | Smiliinae |
Tribe: | Polyglyptini |
Genus: | Bilimekia Fowler, 1895 |
Bilimekia is a genus of treehoppers belonging to the subfamily Smiliinae. Its species are found in Mexico. [1] [2]
Species of Bilimekia have a yellow pronotum. The pronotum stretches past the head horizontally, a characteristic of most treehoppers of the tribe Polyglyptini.
Bilimekia contains 3 species:
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