Centrotus

Centrotus
Centrotus cornutus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Auchenorrhyncha
Family:	Membracidae
Subfamily:	Centrotinae
Tribe:	Centrotini
Genus:	Centrotus Fabricius, 1803 [1]

Centrotus is a genus of mostly Palaearctic treehoppers belonging to the family Membracidae. ^[2] Common European species include the type species Centrotus cornutus (widespread including Scandinavia and the British Isles) and C. chloroticus (southern France and the Iberian peninsula). ^{[3] [4]}

Species

The following species are recognised in this genus: ^[2]

• Centrotus akonis Matsumura, 1912
• Centrotus albigutta Walker, 1870
• Centrotus albilatus Walker, 1870
• Centrotus altifrons Walker, 1851
• Centrotus angulata DeGeer, 1778
• Centrotus angustulus Melichar
• Centrotus arisanus Matsumura, 1912
• Centrotus atratus Walker, 1851
• Centrotus aurifascia Walker, 1851
• Centrotus basalis Walker, 1851
• Centrotus bicolor Walker, 1851
• Centrotus bioculatus Kirby
• Centrotus bipennis Walker, 1851
• Centrotus capreolus Walker, 1851
• Centrotus chloroticus Fairmaire, 1851
• Centrotus cicadiformis Walker, 1856
• Centrotus consocius Walker, 1856
• Centrotus contractus Walker, 1851
• Centrotus convergens Walker, 1851
• Centrotus cornutus Linnaeus, 1758
• Centrotus costalis Walker, 1851
• Centrotus cribratus Walker, 1851
• Centrotus decisus Walker, 1851
• Centrotus densus Walker, 1856
• Centrotus dilitatus Walker, 1851
• Centrotus doenitzae Matsumura, 1912
• Centrotus dorsalis Matsumura, 1912
• Centrotus erigens Walker, 1851
• Centrotus falcatus Walker, 1851
• Centrotus fasciatus Walker, 1852
• Centrotus finitimus Walker, 1851
• Centrotus flavivitta Walker, 1851
• Centrotus garampinus Matsumura, 1912
• Centrotus granulatus Kirby
• Centrotus guttulinervis Matsumura, 1912
• Centrotus horishanus Matsumura, 1912
• Centrotus horridulus Walker, 1851
• Centrotus ignipes Walker, 1851
• Centrotus indicus Ananthasubramanian, 1996
• Centrotus invarius Walker, 1851
• Centrotus jucundus Walker, 1851
• Centrotus kawakamii Matsumura, 1912
• Centrotus kelloggi Kato, 1928
• Centrotus kirschbaumi Metcalf, 1955
• Centrotus kosunensis Matsumura, 1912
• Centrotus kuyanianus Matsumura, 1912
• Centrotus latimargo Walker, 1856
• Centrotus latipennis Walker, 1851
• Centrotus laxatus Distant
• Centrotus leucopterus Thunberg, 1822
• Centrotus ligustri Matsumura, 1912
• Centrotus limbatus Walker, 1856
• Centrotus mairei Bergevin, 1932
• Centrotus malleator Walker, 1851
• Centrotus malleolus Walker, 1851
• Centrotus malleus Walker, 1851
• Centrotus matangensis Distant, 1916
• Centrotus megaceros Walker, 1851
• Centrotus mojiensis Matsumura, 1912
• Centrotus montifer Walker, 1851
• Centrotus nitobei Matsumura, 1912
• Centrotus pallidus Walker, 1851
• Centrotus percheroni Lethierry, 1888
• Centrotus pilosus Walker, 1851
• Centrotus platycerus Walker, 1851
• Centrotus pygmaeus Walker, 1851
• Centrotus ramosus Distant, 1908
• Centrotus rectidorsum Lethierry, 1888
• Centrotus rufiventris Walker, 1851
• Centrotus sinuatodorsum Lethierry, 1888
• Centrotus subsimilis Walker, 1856
• Centrotus substitutus Walker, 1851
• Centrotus talumensis Distant
• Centrotus tappanus Matsumura, 1912
• Centrotus taurifrons Walker, 1851
• Centrotus tenebrosus Walker, 1851
• Centrotus terminalis Walker, 1851
• Centrotus transiens Walker, 1851
• Centrotus tuberculatus Thunberg, 1822
• Centrotus variegatus Matsumura, 1912
• Centrotus varipes Walker, 1856
• Centrotus vicarius Walker, 1851
• Centrotus vitta Walker, 1851
• Centrotus zonatus Matsumura, 1912

References

1. Fabricius JC (1803) Systema rhyngotorum: secundum ordines, genera, species : adiectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Brunsvigae [Brunswick], C. Reichard. 314 pp.
2. "Centrotus Fabricius, 1803". Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 6 January 2025.
3. Nickel H (2003) The Leafhoppers and Planthoppers of Germany (Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha): patterns and strategies in a highly diverse group of phytophagous insects. Pensoft Series Faunistica No. 28, Sofia-Moscow, Keltern, 1-460.
4. Nast J (1987) The Auchenorrhyncha (Homoptera) of Europe. Annales Zoologici Warszawa 40: 535-661.

External links

• Images (mostly Centrotus cornutus) at iNaturalist
• Fauna Europaea