Prosapia
| Prosapia | |
|---|---|
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| Prosapia bicincta | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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.[1][2][3][4][5] The genus is distributed in North and Central America, including the Caribbean.[3]
Species[edit]
These six species belong to the genus Prosapia:
- Prosapia bicincta (Say, 1830) i c g b (two-lined spittlebug)
- Prosapia flavifascia (Metcalf & Bruner, 1925) c g
- Prosapia ignipectus (Fitch, 1851) i g b (red-legged spittlebug)
- Prosapia latens Fennah, 1953 c g
- Prosapia plagiata (Distant, 1878) c g
- Prosapia simulans (Walker, 1858) c g
Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Prosapia Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
- ^ a b "Browse Prosapia". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
- ^ a b c "Prosapia". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
- ^ a b "Prosapia Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
- ^ "Prosapia Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
Further reading[edit]
- 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[edit]
Media related to Prosapia at Wikimedia Commons
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