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Cheiloceps

Cheiloceps is a genus of planthoppers in the family Issidae. Cheiloceps was originally erected as a genus by Uhler in 1895, later downgraded to a subgenus of Thionia by Fennah in 1955; and restored to genus status by Gnezdilov in 2018.

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Cheiloceps
Cheiloceps argo
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder: Fulgoromorpha
Family: Issidae
Subfamily: Thioniinae
Tribe: Thioniini
Subtribe: Thioniina
Genus: Cheiloceps
Uhler, 1895

Cheiloceps is a genus of planthoppers in the family Issidae.12 Cheiloceps was originally erected as a genus by Uhler in 1895, later downgraded to a subgenus of Thionia by Fennah in 1955; and restored to genus status by Gnezdilov in 2018.34

Extant species

  • Cheiloceps anguillanus (Fennah, 1965)
  • Cheiloceps argo (Fennah, 1949)
  • Cheiloceps borinqueta (Caldwell & Martorell, 1951)
  • Cheiloceps clusiae (Fennah, 1955)
  • Cheiloceps laodice (Fennah, 1955)
  • Cheiloceps medusa (Fennah, 1955)
  • Cheiloceps musca Uhler, 1895
  • Cheiloceps puertoricensis (Caldwell & Martorell, 1951)

Extinct species

  • Cheiloceps arachnophila Dietrich, Williams & Heads, 2023
  • Cheiloceps douglundbergi (Stroiński & Szwedo, 2008)
  • heiloceps magnifrons Gnezdilov, Sun & Perkovsky, 2023
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