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: