Confuga

Confuga
Drawing of holotype by Des Helmore
Naturally Uncommon
Naturally Uncommon (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder: Fulgoromorpha
Family: Cixiidae
Subfamily: Cixiinae
Tribe: Oecleini
Genus: Confuga
Fennah, 1975
Species:
C. persephone
Binomial name
Confuga persephone
Fennah, 1975

Confuga is a genus of planthoppers in the family Cixiidae. Its only species is Confuga persephone, a troglobitic (cave-dwelling) planthopper that is endemic to New Zealand. It is the only known species of cave-dwelling planthopper in New Zealand. The species was first described by Ronald Gordon Fennah in 1975, from specimens found in a cave east of Tākaka, in the South Island of New Zealand. Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, it is listed as "Naturally Uncommon" with the qualifier "Range Restricted".

References

  1. 1 2 R. G. Fennah (1975). "New cavernicolous cixiid from New Zealand (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea)". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 2 (3): 377–380. doi:10.1080/03014223.1975.9517880. Wikidata Q104027629. {{Cite Q}}: Missing first/last names in Wikidata for R. G. Fennah (help)
  2. ↑ Júlio César do Carmo Vaz Santos; Rodrigo Lopes Ferreira; Ian Millar; Hannelore Hoch (2019). "Conservation status and complementary description of Confuga persephone (Cixiidae): should this species be considered Threatened?". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 46 (1): 61–73. doi:10.1080/03014223.2018.1488751. S2CID 91473163.
  3. ↑ "NZTCS". nztcs.org.nz. Retrieved 1 April 2026.