Taurotettix

Taurotettix is a genus of leafhoppers in the tribe Cicadulini. The genus is widely distributed across Eurasia with one species (T. beckeri) found in Algeria.[2]

Taurotettix
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Hemiptera
Family:
Cicadellidae
Subfamily:
Deltocephalinae
Tribe:
Cicadulini
Genus:
Taurotettix

Haupt, 1929[1]
Type species
Thamnotettix beckeri
Fieber, 1885
Species

4, see text.

Synonyms

Callistrophia Emeljanov, 1962

Species

There are currently 4 described species in Taurotettix:[2]

  • Taurotettix beckeri (Fieber, 1885)
  • Taurotettix elegans (Melichar, 1900)
  • Taurotettix modestus (Mitjaev, 1971)
  • Taurotettix subornatus (Mitjaev, 1971)

References
  1. Neueinteilung der Homoptera-Cicadina nach phylogenetisch zu wertenden Merkmalen H Haupt - … Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Okologie und …, 1929
  2. Zahniser, J.N. 2007-present. An online interactive key and searchable database of Deltocephalinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae). http://zahniser.speciesfile.org/


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