''Japetus'' is a genus of

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s in the family

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, subfamily

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. Species are distributed from

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.FLOW: genus ''Japetus''
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Species

* '' Japetus lichenus'' Bleuzen & Porion, 2004 * '' Japetus tostus'' (Stål, 1859)

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q29747144 Auchenorrhyncha genera Poiocerinae