Choconta | |
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Choconta circulata | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
Infraorder: | Cicadomorpha |
Superfamily: | Cercopoidea |
Family: | Ischnorhinidae |
Genus: | Choconta Fennah, 1979 [1] |
Species [2] | |
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Choconta is a genus of froghoppers in the family Ischnorhinidae. The genus was described first by Fennah in 1979. [1]
The genus is named after the town of Chocontá, Cundinamarca, on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, Colombia. Its species are endemic to Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia, and Peru. [3]