''Gergithus'' 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. Descrip ...

. Like all planthoppers, adults feed on plant sap and are capable of escaping by leaping. The genus like other members in the tribe appears somewhat rounded and beetle-like, in some cases, with a mimetic resemblance to ladybird beetles. About 60 species are known in the genus and they are distributed in the Indomalayan and Palearctic Realms.

Description

The genus is closely related to '' Hemisphaerius'' but differs in having longer frons (forehead) and legs. The frons also lacks a median keel (carina) or tubercles on the frons, pronotum or mesonotum. The rounded tegmen which resembles the

elytra An elytron (; ; , ) is a modified, hardened forewing of beetles (Coleoptera), though a few of the true bugs (Hemiptera) such as the family Schizopteridae are extremely similar; in true bugs, the forewings are called hemelytra (sometimes alterna ...

of beetles are often patterned. Although some species show variations in pattern, many species can be recognized on the basis of the patterns.

Species

''Gergithus'' is a large genus and the list of species includes:

References

External links

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Fulgoromorpha database
{{Taxonbar, from=Q10504398 Hemisphaeriinae Auchenorrhyncha genera