Prosapia | |
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Prosapia bicincta | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
Family: | Cercopidae |
Subfamily: | Cercopinae |
Genus: | Prosapia Fennah, 1949 |
Prosapia is a genus of froghoppers in the family Cercopidae. There are about six described species in Prosapia. The genus is distributed in North and Central America, including the Caribbean.
Species
These six species belong to the genus Prosapia:
- Prosapia bicincta (Say, 1830) (two-lined spittlebug)
- Prosapia flavifascia (Metcalf & Bruner, 1925)
- Prosapia ignipectus (Fitch, 1851) (red-legged spittlebug)
- Prosapia latens Fennah, 1953
- Prosapia plagiata (Distant, 1878)
- Prosapia simulans (Walker, 1858)
Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net
References
- ^ "Prosapia Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
- ^ "Browse Prosapia". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
- ^ "Prosapia". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
- ^ "Prosapia Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
- "Prosapia Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
Further reading
- Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
- Hamilton, K.G.A. (1977). "Review of the world species of Prosapia Fennah (Rhynchota: Homoptera: Cercopidae)". The Canadian Entomologist. 109 (4): 621–630. doi:10.4039/Ent109621-4.
- Metcalf, Z.P. (1961). General Catalogue of the Homoptera, Fascicle VII: Cercopoidea, part 2: Cercopidae. North Carolina State College.
- Walker, Francis (1871). Catalogue of the Specimens of Hemiptera Heteroptera in the Collection of the British Museum, pt. IV. British Museum. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.9254.
External links
- Media related to Prosapia at Wikimedia Commons
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