Prosapia

Prosapia is a genus of froghoppers in the family Cercopidae. There are about six described species in Prosapia.[1][2][3][4][5]

Prosapia bicincta

Prosapia
Prosapia bicincta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Cercopidae
Subfamily: Cercopinae
Genus: Prosapia
Fennah, 1949

Species

These six species belong to the genus Prosapia:

  • Prosapia bicincta (Say, 1830) i c g b (two-lined spittlebug)
  • Prosapia flavifascia (Metcalf & Bruner, 1925) c g
  • Prosapia ignipectus (Fitch, 1851) i g b (red-legged spittlebug)
  • Prosapia latens Fennah, 1953 c g
  • Prosapia plagiata (Distant, 1878) c g
  • Prosapia simulans (Walker, 1858) c g

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]

References
  1. "Prosapia Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
  2. "Browse Prosapia". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
  3. "Prosapia". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
  4. "Prosapia Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
  5. "Prosapia Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-18.

Further reading
  • Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
  • Hamilton, K.G.A. (1977). "Review of the world species of Prosapia Fennah (Rhynchota: Homoptera: Cercopidae)". The Canadian Entomologist. 109 (4): 621–630. ISSN 0008-347X.
  • Metcalf, Z.P. (1961). General Catalogue of the Homoptera, Fascicle VII: Cercopoidea, part 2: Cercopidae. North Carolina State College.
  • Walker, Francis (1871). Catalogue of the Specimens of Hemiptera Heteroptera in the Collection of the British Museum, pt. IV. British Museum. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.9254.
  • Media related to Prosapia at Wikimedia Commons


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