Leucophoroptera

Leucophoroptera
Leucophoroptera sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Miridae
Tribe: Leucophoropterini
Genus:
Poppius, 1921[1]
Type species
Leucophoroptera quadrimaculata Poppius, 1921[2]

Leucophoroptera is a genus of plant bugs in the family Miridae.[1] The genus was first described in 1921 by Bertil Poppius.[1][2]

It is a genus whose members are found only in Oceania,[3] and consists of five species:[1][4]

  • Leucophoroptera cavenda Carvalho & Gross, 1982
  • Leucophoroptera fasciata Carvalho & Gross, 1982
  • Leucophoroptera gloriosa Menard & Schuh, 2011
  • Leucophoroptera kangarooina Menard & Schuh, 2011
  • Leucophoroptera quadrimaculata Poppius, 1921

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Genus Leucophoroptera Poppius, 1921". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Government. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  2. ^ a b B. Poppius (1921). "Beiträge zur Kenntnis der myrmecoiden Heteropteren". Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici (in German). 18: 31-88 pls I-II [56]. ISSN 0521-4726. Wikidata Q125405709..
  3. ^ "Leucophoroptera". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  4. ^ "GBIF search: Leucophoroptera". gbif.org. Retrieved 10 April 2024.


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