Centrochares

Centrochares
Centrochares horrificus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Membracidae
Subfamily: Centrotinae
Tribe: Centrocharesini
Goding, 1931
Genus: Centrochares
Stål, 1866

Centrochares is a genus of treehoppers belonging to the subfamily Centrotinae. It was erected by Carl Stål in 1866. It is only genus in the tribe Centrocharesini, which was erected by Frederic Webster Goding in 1931. To date (July 2025) species have been recorded from Malesia (including the Philippines) and Yunnan province.

Species

The World Auchenorrhyncha Database includes:

  1. Centrochares borneensis Distant, 1916
  2. Centrochares floripennis Yuan & Fan, 1995
  3. Centrochares foliata Funkhouser, 1929
  4. Centrochares horrifica Westwood, 1837 – type species (as Centrotus horrificus Westwood)
  5. Centrochares maculopterus Chou & Yuan, 1984
  6. Centrochares ridleyana Distant, 1915
  7. Centrochares spinifera Funkhouser, 1927

References

  1. 1 2 3 "TaxonPages: World Auchenorrhyncha Database - Centrochares Stål, 1866". hoppers.speciesfile.org. Retrieved 2025-07-21.
  2. ↑ "TaxonPages: World Auchenorrhyncha Database - Centrocharesini Goding, 1931". hoppers.speciesfile.org. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
  3. ↑ "Treehoppers: Aetalionidae, Melizoderidae, and Membracidae (Hemiptera)". treehoppers.insectmuseum.org. Retrieved 2024-02-10.