Leptocentrus

Leptocentrus
Leptocentrus leucaspis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Membracidae
Subfamily: Centrotinae
Tribe: Leptocentrini
Genus: Leptocentrus
Stål, 1866
Synonyms
  • Leeptocentrus [sic] Stål, 1866
  • Leptocentrotus [sic] Stål, 1866 and other orthographic variants
  • Rabduchus Buckton, 1903
  • Rbduchus [sic] Buckton, 1903

Leptocentrus is a genus of tree-hoppers typical of the tribe Leptocentrini, erected by Carl Stål in 1866. Species have mostly been recorded from Africa, South, East and SE Asia, through to Australia.

Species

The World Auchenorrhyncha Database includes:

  1. Leptocentrus abdullah Distant, 1916
  2. Leptocentrus acuticornis Ananthasubramanian, 1980
  3. Leptocentrus albolineatus Funkhouser, 1937
  4. Leptocentrus albonotatus Distant, 1916
  5. Leptocentrus albus Funkhouser, 1929
  6. Leptocentrus altifrons (Walker, 1851)
  7. Leptocentrus amoenus Capener, 1968
  8. Leptocentrus antilope (Stål, 1859)
  9. Leptocentrus arcuatus Funkhouser, 1927
  10. Leptocentrus arebiensis Goding, 1932
  11. Leptocentrus atratus (Walker, 1851)
  12. Leptocentrus aureomaculatus Distant, 1916
  13. Leptocentrus auricomus Capener, 1966
  14. Leptocentrus bajulans Distant, 1916
  15. Leptocentrus basilewskyi Capener, 1955
  16. Leptocentrus bauhiniae Ananthasubramanian & Ananthakrishnan, 1975
  17. Leptocentrus beluri Ananthasubramanian, 1980
  18. Leptocentrus bengalensis Ahmad & Mohammad, 1994
  19. Leptocentrus bolivari Peláez, 1935
  20. Leptocentrus bos (Signoret, 1858) – type species (as Centrotus bos Signoret, 1858)
  21. Leptocentrus carinatus Ananthasubramanian, 1980
  22. Leptocentrus cinereus Capener, 1955
  23. Leptocentrus comosus Capener, 1972
  24. Leptocentrus coronulus Boulard, 1979
  25. Leptocentrus erectus Mohammad & Ahmad, 1993
  26. Leptocentrus fasciatus Haglund, 1899
  27. Leptocentrus flexicornis (Walker, 1858)
  28. Leptocentrus gnomon (Buckton, 1903)
  29. Leptocentrus gracilis Funkhouser, 1927
  30. Leptocentrus gregoryi Capener, 1972
  31. Leptocentrus horizontalis Kato, 1940
  32. Leptocentrus horizontatus Mohammad & Ahmad, 1989
  33. Leptocentrus impunctus Buckton, 1905
  34. Leptocentrus indigoferae Linnavuori, 1973
  35. Leptocentrus insignis Distant, 1908
  36. Leptocentrus jacobsoni Funkhouser, 1927
  37. Leptocentrus lama (Signoret, 1858)
  38. Leptocentrus leucaspis (Walker, 1858)
  39. Leptocentrus limbipennis Jacobi, 1910
  40. Leptocentrus lobayensis Boulard, 1969
  41. Leptocentrus longiformis Ahmad & Mohammad, 1993
  42. Leptocentrus longispinus Distant, 1908
  43. Leptocentrus luteus Ananthasubramanian, 1980
  44. Leptocentrus macarangae Boulard, 1969
  45. Leptocentrus madli Boulard, 1995
  46. Leptocentrus majesticus Ananthasubramanian, 1980
  47. Leptocentrus major Ananthasubramanian & Ananthakrishnan, 1975
  48. Leptocentrus mangiferae Ananthasubramanian & Ananthakrishnan, 1975
  49. Leptocentrus manilaensis Funkhouser, 1927
  50. Leptocentrus mephistopheles Buckton, 1903
  51. Leptocentrus moringae Ananthasubramanian & Ananthakrishnan, 1975
  52. Leptocentrus neoalbonotatus Mohammad & Ahmad, 1989
  53. Leptocentrus niger Ananthasubramanian & Ananthakrishnan, 1975
  54. Leptocentrus nordicornis Ahmad & Mohammad, 1994
  55. Leptocentrus nubianus Capener, 1972
  56. Leptocentrus obliquus (Walker, 1858)
  57. Leptocentrus obortus Distant, 1916
  58. Leptocentrus orientalis Schumacher, 1915
  59. Leptocentrus paganus Capener, 1966
  60. Leptocentrus pakistanensis Ahmad & Mohammad, 1994
  61. Leptocentrus peracatus Distant, 1916
  62. Leptocentrus pilosus Funkhouser, 1936
  63. Leptocentrus pubescens Funkhouser, 1937
  64. Leptocentrus pudicus Capener, 1972
  65. Leptocentrus pugnulus Boulard, 1977
  66. Leptocentrus punjabensis Ahmad & Mohammad, 1993
  67. Leptocentrus purpureus Funkhouser, 1929
  68. Leptocentrus recurvus (Distant, 1916)
  69. Leptocentrus reponens (Walker, 1851)
  70. Leptocentrus rhizophagus Ananthasubramanian & Ananthakrishnan, 1975
  71. Leptocentrus rubrinigris Ananthasubramanian, 1980
  72. Leptocentrus rufescens Ananthasubramanian, 1980
  73. Leptocentrus rufipennis (Buckton, 1905)
  74. Leptocentrus rufipilosus Capener, 1957
  75. Leptocentrus rufospinus Funkhouser, 1927
  76. Leptocentrus rufotibialis Capener, 1968
  77. Leptocentrus scutellatus Distant, 1916
  78. Leptocentrus splendens Ananthasubramanian, 1980
  79. Leptocentrus subflavus Noualhier, 1896
  80. Leptocentrus substitutus (Walker, 1851)
  81. Leptocentrus taiwanus Kato, 1954
  82. Leptocentrus taunsi Ahmad & Mohammad, 1993
  83. Leptocentrus taurifrons (Walker, 1851)
  84. Leptocentrus taurus (Fabricius, 1775)
  85. Leptocentrus taxilensis Ahmad & Mohammad, 1993
  86. Leptocentrus tenuicornis Funkhouser, 1927
  87. Leptocentrus terminalis (Walker, 1851)
  88. Leptocentrus ugandensis Distant, 1916
  89. Leptocentrus ustus Buckton, 1903
  90. Leptocentrus varicornis Ananthasubramanian & Ananthakrishnan, 1975
  91. Leptocentrus vicarius (Walker, 1851)

References

  1. ↑ Stål C (1866) Analecta hemipterologica. Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift, 10, 381–394.
  2. 1 2 World Auchenorrhyncha Database: genus Leptocentrus Stål, 1866 (retrieved 21 December 2025)