Carystoterpa fingens

Carystoterpa fingens, commonly known as the variegated spittlebug, is a spittlebug of the family Aphrophoridae.[1] It is endemic to New Zealand. It was first described by Francis Walker in 1851.[2]

Carystoterpa fingens
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C. fingens
Binomial name
Carystoterpa fingens
(Walker, 1851)
Synonyms
  • Ptyelus fingens Walker, 1851

References

  1. Hamilton, K. G. A.; Morales, C. F. (1992). "Cercopidae (Insecta: Homoptera)". Fauna of New Zealand. 25: 1–37 via Biotaxa.
  2. Walker, Francis (1851). "Part III". List of the Specimens of Homopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. 3: 637–1118. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.9063 via Biodiversity Heritage Library.


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