Cheiloceps

Cheiloceps
Cheiloceps argo
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
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.[1][2] 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.[3][4]

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

See also

References

  1. ^ "Cheiloceps Uhler, 1895". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2023-08-26.
  2. ^ "World Auchenorrhyncha Database". Retrieved 2026-02-26.
  3. ^ Gnezdilov, Vladimir M. (2018-06-14). "To the revision of the genus Thionia Stål (Hemiptera, Fulgoroidea, Issidae), with description of new genera and new subtribe". Zootaxa. 4434 (1): 158–170. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4434.1.10. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 30313206.
  4. ^ "Genus Cheiloceps Uhler, 1895 – Planthoppers of North America". Retrieved 2023-08-26.