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Alphina

Alphina is a genus of planthoppers in the family Fulgoridae occurring in South America.

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Alphina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder: Fulgoromorpha
Family: Fulgoridae
Subfamily: Poiocerinae
Tribe: Poiocerini
Genus: Alphina
Stål, 1863
Type species
Alphina nigrosignata
Stål, 1863

Alphina is a genus of planthoppers in the family Fulgoridae occurring in South America.1

Species

  • Alphina nigrosignata Stål, 1863
  • Alphina fryi Distant, 1906

Formerly included

References

References

  1. Genus Alphina Stal, 1863
  2. Yanega, D., Goemans, G., Van Dam M., Gómez-Marco, F., Hoddle, M. (2024) Description of a new genus of North and Central American planthoppers (Hemiptera: Fulgoridae) with fourteen new species. Zootaxa 5443: 1-53. DOI: 10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5443.1.1