Limotettix

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Limotettix
Limotettix striola, Glaslyn, North Wales, July 2014 (36982492484).jpg
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadellidae
Subfamily: Deltocephalinae
Tribe: Limotettigini
Baker, 1915
Genus: Limotettix
Sahlberg, 1871
Synonyms

Frigartus

Limotettix is a genus of leafhoppers in the family Cicadellidae. There are at least 70 described species in Limotettix. [1] [2] [3] [4] Limotettix is the only genus in the tribe Limotettigini of the subfamily Deltocephalinae. [5] A previously included genus, Frigartus, is now considered to be a junior synonym of Limotettix.

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Species

These 76 species belong to the genus Limotettix:

Data sources: i = ITIS, [6] c = Catalogue of Life, [1] g = GBIF, [2] b = Bugguide.net [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Browse Limotettix". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  2. 1 2 "Limotettix". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  3. 1 2 "Limotettix Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  4. "Limotettix Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  5. Zahniser, James N; Dietrich, Chris (2013-05-29). "A review of the tribes of Deltocephalinae (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae)". European Journal of Taxonomy (45). doi: 10.5852/ejt.2013.45 . ISSN   2118-9773.
  6. "ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System" . Retrieved 2018-04-05.

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