Gessius (leafhopper)

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Gessius
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadellidae
Subfamily: Iassinae
Tribe: Krisnini
Genus: Gessius
Distant, 1908
Diversity
10 species; see text

Gessius is a genus of leafhoppers in the family Cicadellidae. There are 10 described species in Gessius. [1]

Species

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