Tricentrus

Tricentrus
Tricentrus convergens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Membracidae
Subfamily: Centrotinae
Tribe: Gargarini
Genus: Tricentrus
Stål, 1866
Synonyms
  • Arisangargara Kato, 1928
  • Centrotoscelus Funkhouser, 1914
  • Otaris Buckton, 1903
  • Taloipa Buckton, 1905

(also various mis-spellings)

Tricentrus is a genus of tree-hoppers in the tribe Gargarini, erected by Carl Stål in 1866. Species have been recorded from India, China, Japan, South-east Asia and Australia.

Taxonomy

The name Tricentrus is derived from the Greek: τρι- (three) and κέντρον (sharp points), which describes the general appearance of insects; the type species T. fairmairei having originally been placed in the genus Centrotus by Stål. The genus is distinguished from others such as Gargara and species are generally identified by the shape of the fronto-clypeus, with characteristics in the male genitalia and subgenital plate also used.

Species

Tricentrus fulgidus
Tricentrus pieli

The genus Tricentrus includes the following species:

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 World Auchenorrhyncha Database: genus Tricentrus Stål, 1866 (retrieved 14 January 2025)
  2. ↑ Stål C (1866) Hem. Afric., 4.
  3. 1 2 Global Biodiversity Information Facility: Tricentrus Stal, 1866 (retrieved 6 January 2025)
  4. ↑ Funkhouser WD (1951) Homoptera Fam. Membracidae. In: Wytsman: Genera Insectorum 208: 1—383; Pls. I—XIV; Text figs. 1—9.