Menosoma

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Menosoma
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Menosoma cincta
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadellidae
Subfamily: Deltocephalinae
Genus: Menosoma
Ball, 1931

Menosoma is a genus of leafhoppers in the family Cicadellidae. There are about 12 described species in Menosoma. [1] [2] [3] [4] Menosoma is in the tribe Bahitini within the subfamily Deltocephalinae. [5]

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Menosoma cincta Menosoma cinctum P1290176a.jpg
Menosoma cincta

Species

These 12 species belong to the genus Menosoma:

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 Menosoma". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  2. 1 2 "Menosoma". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  3. 1 2 "Menosoma Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  4. "Menosoma 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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