Telingana

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Telingana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Membracidae
Subfamily: Centrotinae
Genus: Telingana
Distant, 1908

Telingana is a genus of treehoppers in the subfamily Centrotinae and tribe Maarbarini, found in Asia. They lay solitary eggs and the young do not aggregate as in some membracids. The genus was described by William Lucas Distant in 1908. [1] [2] Several species have been described in the genus including:

References

  1. Stegmann, U.E.; Linsenmair, K.E. "Subsocial and aggregating behaviour in Southeast Asian treehoppers (Homoptera: Membracidae: Centrotinae)" (PDF). European Journal of Entomology. 99: 29–34.
  2. Goding, Frederic W. (1931). "Classification of the Old World Membracidae". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 39 (3): 299–313. JSTOR   25004419.