''Hysteropterum'' is a genus of planthoppers described by Amyot & Serville in 1843, 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. Descrip ...

, 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 ...

Distribution

Species of this genus occur in

Europe Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a subcontinent of Eurasia and it is located entirel ...

and

North Africa North Africa, or Northern Africa is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region, and it is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of Mauritania in ...

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New World The term ''New World'' is often used to mean the majority of Earth's Western Hemisphere, specifically the Americas."America." ''The Oxford Companion to the English Language'' (). McArthur, Tom, ed., 1992. New York: Oxford University Press, p. ...

species formerly assigned to this group have been reassigned to separate genera (e.g., '' Kathleenum'').

Description

The adult planthoppers reach of length, the basic coloration of their body is mostly pale brown or yellowish, with well drawn veins on wings. The females are usually bigger than the males.

Species

* '' Hysteropterum albaceticum'' Dlabola, 1983 * '' Hysteropterum algiricum'' (Lucas, 1849) * '' Hysteropterum alicantium'' Dlabola, 1986 * '' Hysteropterum bolearicum'' Dlabola, 1982 * '' Hysteropterum curviceps'' Synave, 1956 * '' Hysteropterum dolichotum'' Gnezdilov & Mazzoni, 2004 * '' Hysteropterum melanophles'' Fieber, 1877 * '' Hysteropterum reticulatum'' (Herrich-Schäffer, 1835) * '' Hysteropterum subangulare'' Rey, 1891 * '' Hysteropterum tkalcui'' (Dlabola, 1980) * '' Hysteropterum vasconicum'' Gnezdilov, 2003

References

Hysteropterinae Insects of North Africa Hemiptera of Europe Auchenorrhyncha genera {{Fulgoromorpha-stub