''Falcidius'' is a genus of
planthoppers in 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.
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Distribution
This genus includes 10 species distributed only in the
Mediterranean
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region:
Morocco
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Malta
Malta ( , , ), officially the Republic of Malta ( mt, Repubblika ta' Malta ), is an island country in the Mediterranean Sea. It consists of an archipelago, between Italy and Libya, and is often considered a part of Southern Europe. It lies ...
, Southern
Italy
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(including
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France
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[V.M. Gnezdilov, M.R. Wilson (2008) Revision of the genus ''Falcidius'' Stål (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Issidae). J. Nat. Hist. 42: 1447-1475]
Species
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Falcidius apterus'' (Fabricius, 1794)
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Falcidius chlorizans'' (Rey, 1891)
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Falcidius diphtheriopsis'' Bergevin, 1919
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Falcidius doriae'' (Ferrari, 1884)
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Falcidius duffelsicus'' Dlabola, 1982
* ''
Falcidius ebejeri'' Gnezdilov & Wilson, 2008
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Falcidius hannibal'' Gnezdilov & Wilson, 2008
* ''
Falcidius limbatus'' (A. Costa, 1864)
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Falcidius marocanus'' Bergevin, 1923
* ''
Falcidius scipionis'' Gnezdilov & Wilson, 2008
References
Hysteropterinae
Insects of North Africa
Hemiptera of Europe
Auchenorrhyncha genera
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