Cheiloceps
Cheiloceps is a genus of planthoppers in the family Issidae. Cheiloceps was originally erected as a genus by Uhler in 1895, later downgraded to a subgenus of Thionia by Fennah in 1955; and restored to genus status by Gnezdilov in 2018.
| Cheiloceps | |
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| Cheiloceps argo | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Infraorder: | Fulgoromorpha |
| Family: | Issidae |
| Subfamily: | Thioniinae |
| Tribe: | Thioniini |
| Subtribe: | Thioniina |
| Genus: | Cheiloceps Uhler, 1895 |
Cheiloceps is a genus of planthoppers in the family Issidae.[1][2] Cheiloceps was originally erected as a genus by Uhler in 1895, later downgraded to a subgenus of Thionia by Fennah in 1955; and restored to genus status by Gnezdilov in 2018.[3][4]
Extant species
[edit]- Cheiloceps anguillanus (Fennah, 1965)
- Cheiloceps argo (Fennah, 1949)
- Cheiloceps borinqueta (Caldwell & Martorell, 1951)
- Cheiloceps clusiae (Fennah, 1955)
- Cheiloceps laodice (Fennah, 1955)
- Cheiloceps medusa (Fennah, 1955)
- Cheiloceps musca Uhler, 1895
- Cheiloceps puertoricensis (Caldwell & Martorell, 1951)
Extinct species
[edit]- †Cheiloceps arachnophila Dietrich, Williams & Heads, 2023
- †Cheiloceps douglundbergi (Stroiński & Szwedo, 2008)
- †heiloceps magnifrons Gnezdilov, Sun & Perkovsky, 2023
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Cheiloceps Uhler, 1895". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2023-08-26.
- ^ "World Auchenorrhyncha Database". Retrieved 2026-02-26.
- ^ Gnezdilov, Vladimir M. (2018-06-14). "To the revision of the genus Thionia Stål (Hemiptera, Fulgoroidea, Issidae), with description of new genera and new subtribe". Zootaxa. 4434 (1): 158–170. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4434.1.10. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 30313206.
- ^ "Genus Cheiloceps Uhler, 1895 – Planthoppers of North America". Retrieved 2023-08-26.