''Agalmatium'' is a genus of

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s belonging to the family

Issidae Issidae is a family of planthoppers described by Spinola in 1839, belonging to the order Hemiptera, suborder Auchenorrhyncha superfamily Fulgoroidea. Distribution Species of this family are present throughout the Northern Hemisphere. Descripti ...

, subfamily

Issinae Issidae is a family of planthoppers described by Spinola in 1839, belonging to the order Hemiptera, suborder Auchenorrhyncha superfamily Fulgoroidea. Distribution Species of this family are present throughout the Northern Hemisphere. Descrip ...

Species

Species within this genus include: Biolib
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Agalmatium bilobum ''Agalmatium'' is a genus of planthoppers belonging to the family Issidae, subfamily Issinae. Species Species within this genus include: * '' Agalmatium abruptum'' (Bergevin, 1920) * '' Agalmatium bilobum'' (Fieber, 1877) * '' Agalmatium corsi ...

'' (Fieber, 1877) * '' Agalmatium corsicum'' Dlabola, 1982 * '' Agalmatium costale'' (Matsumura, 1910) * '' Agalmatium curtulum'' (Melichar, 1906) * '' Agalmatium flavescens'' (Olivier, 1791) * '' Agalmatium melanophleps'' (Fieber, 1877)

Distribution

These species are distributed in the

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, from

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and

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, the

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and the

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. One species - ''

'' – has been introduced in

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(USA).V. M. Gnezdilov, W. E. Holzinger, M.R. Wilso
The western palaearctic Issidae (Hemiptera, Fulgoroidea): an illustrated checklist and key to genera and subgenera
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Description

These

s are characterized by the first segment of hind legs (metatarsomere) with only two intermediate spines apically. In the upper part of the forehead the horizontal transverse carinae are missing. The shape of the body is compact, the head is short and wide. Wings are rather developed, elytra are quite short. Legs are short and strong.

References

Hysteropterinae Hemiptera of Europe Auchenorrhyncha genera {{Fulgoromorpha-stub