| Trypetimorpha | |
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| Trypetimorpha occidentalis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Infraorder: | Fulgoromorpha |
| Family: | Tropiduchidae |
| Subfamily: | Tropiduchinae |
| Tribe: | Trypetimorphini |
| Genus: | Trypetimorpha Costa, 1862 |
| Synonyms | |
Trichoduchus Bierman, 1910 | |
Trypetimorpha [1] is a genus of bugs in the family Tropiduchidae; species are recorded from mainland Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia. [2]
The genus was first described in 1862 by Achille Costa. [1] [3]
Trypetimorpha is the type genus of the small tribe Trypetimorphini (erected by Leopold Melichar in 1914). The other extant genus in this tribe is Ommatissus and the extinct genus † Reteotissus Szwedo, 2019 was found from Eocene strata in the Isle of Wight, off southern England. [4]
Fulgoromorpha Lists on the Web [2] includes: