Leucophoroptera

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Leucophoroptera
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Leucophoroptera sp.
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Miridae
Tribe: Leucophoropterini
Genus: Leucophoroptera
Poppius, 1921 [1]
Type species
Leucophoroptera quadrimaculata Poppius, 1921 [2]

Leucophoroptera is a genus of plant bugs in the family Miridae. [1] The genus was first described in 1921 by Bertil Poppius. [1] [2]

It is a genus whose members are found only in Oceania, [3] and consists of five species: [1] [4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Genus Leucophoroptera Poppius, 1921". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Government. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  2. 1 2 B. Poppius (1921). "Beiträge zur Kenntnis der myrmecoiden Heteropteren". Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici (in German). 18: 31-88 pls I-II [56]. ISSN   0521-4726. Wikidata   Q125405709..
  3. "Leucophoroptera". Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  4. "GBIF search: Leucophoroptera". gbif.org. Retrieved 10 April 2024.