Leptopsaltria

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Leptopsaltria
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Leptopsaltria tuberosa , male
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Cicadidae
Subfamily: Cicadinae
Tribe: Leptopsaltriini
Genus: Leptopsaltria
Stål, 1866
Species

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Leptopsaltria is a genus of cicadas from Southeast Asia and typical of the tribe Leptopsaltriini. [1] [2]

Contents

List of species

  1. Leptopsaltria andamanensis Distant, 1888
  2. Leptopsaltria phra Distant, 1913
  3. Leptopsaltria samia Walker, F., 1850
  4. Leptopsaltria tuberosa (Signoret, 1847) - type species (as Cicada tuberosa Signoret, 1847). [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Distant, W. L. 1889-1892. A monograph of Oriental Cicadidae. West, Newman & Co., London
  2. ↑ Metcalf, Z.P. 1963. General catalogue of the Homoptera. Fascicle VIII. Cicadoidea. Part 1. Cicadidae. Section I Tibiceninae: i-vii, 1-585. – North Carolina State College, Raleigh, North Carolina.
  3. ↑ Dmitriev Species File: Genus Leptopsaltria Stål, 1866 (retrieved 21 March 2022)
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