Cosmoscarta

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Cosmoscarta
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Cosmoscarta bispecularis from Hong Kong
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cercopidae
Subfamily: Cercopinae
Genus: Cosmoscarta
Stål, 1869 [1]
Type species
Cercopis heros
Fabricius, 1803

Cosmoscarta is a genus of froghoppers found in the Indo-Malayan region. Many of the species are boldly marked in black and red or yellow. A few species are of economic importance as they can cause injury to plants under cultivation.

The genus was erected by Stål on the basis of a large frons extending almost to the eyes and lacking any longitudinal furrows or keels. The hind tibia has a strong spine at the mid position and sometimes a smaller spine near the base. The related genus Phymatostetha has a narrower pronotum with the posterior margin straighter or with a sinuate margin before the scutellum. [2] [3]

Cosmoscarta dorsimacula is sometimes considered a pest on glutinous rice yam ( Dioscorea alata ). [4] Cosmoscarta relata has been recorded in large numbers on jackfruit ( Artocarpus heterophyllus ).

Species in the genus include:

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References

  1. ↑ Stål, C. (1869). Hemiptera Fabriciana. Fabricianska Hemipterarter, efter de Köpenhamn och Kiel förvarade typexemplaren granskade och beskrifne. 2. Handlingar. Vol. 8. Stockholm: Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps Akademien. pp. 1–130.
  2. ↑ Butler, A. G. (1874). "Revision of the homopterous genera Cosmoscarta and Phymatostetha, with descriptions of new species". Cistula Entomologica. 1: 245–270.
  3. ↑ Distant, W.L. (1908). The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Rhynchota. Volume IV. London: Taylor and Francis. p. 129.
  4. ↑ Yan, Chengjin; Zu, Zhenhua (2019-01-02). "The complete mitochondrial genome of Cosmoscarta dorsimacula". Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. 4 (1): 975–976. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2019.1580158 . S2CID   92145450.
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