Callitettix Explained

Callitettix^[1] is a genus of bugs in the family Cercopidae ("froghoppers") in the suborder Auchenorrhyncha and the monotypic subfamily Callitettixinae. The recorded distribution for species is in mainland Asia: from India to southern China and Indochina.^[2]

Species

BioLib includes the following species:^[3]

1. Callitettix biformis Lallemand, 1927
2. Callitettix braconoides (Walker, 1858) – type species^[4]
3. Callitettix carinifrons Noualhier, 1904
4. Callitettix contiguus (Walker, 1851)
5. Callitettix coomani Lallemand, 1946
6. Callitettix costalis Lallemand, 1933
7. Callitettix proximus (Walker, 1851)
8. Callitettix ruficeps Melichar, 1915
9. Callitettix versicolor (Fabricius, 1794)

External links

• • Catalogue of Life link

Notes and References

1. Stål C (1865) Ofvers. VetenskAkad. Förh. Stockholm 22, 152.
2. GBIF: Callitettix Stål, 1865 (retrieved 22 August 2021)
3. https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id931267/ BioLib.cz: Callitettix Stål, 1865 (retrieved 20 August 2021)
4. Liang . Ai-Ping . A new structure on the frons of male adults of the Asian rice spittlebug Callitettix versicolor (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cercopidae) . Zootaxa . 2020 . 4801 . 3 . 591–599 . 10.11646/zootaxa.4801.3.12 . 33056653. 222821718 . free .