Hyalesthes

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Hyalesthes
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Hyalesthes obsoleta
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder: Fulgoromorpha
Family: Cixiidae
Tribe: Pentastirini
Genus: Hyalesthes
Signoret 1865
Species

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Synonyms
  • HyalestesSignoret, 1865 (Missp.)
  • HyalesthsSignoret, 1865 (Missp.)
  • HyolestesSignoret, 1865 (Missp.)
  • LiorhinusKirschbaum, 1868
  • PseudyalesthesKusnezov, 1935
Hyalesthes obsoletus, Italy Hyalesthes obsoletus - inat 211691109.jpg
Hyalesthes obsoletus, Italy

Hyalesthes is a planthopper genus in the family Cixiidae. [1]

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Nomenclature

The etymology is from Greek: ὕαλος (glassy, hyaline) + ἑσθὴς (cloth, toga, robe). While Signoret originally treated the genus as masculine, as did many subsequent authors, according to the ICZN Art. 30.1.2, the name is feminine. [1]

Species

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