''Odontoptera''
is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
planthopper
A planthopper is any insect in the infraorder Fulgoromorpha, in the suborder Auchenorrhyncha, a group exceeding 12,500 described species worldwide. The name comes from their remarkable resemblance to leaves and other plants of their environment ...
s in the family
Fulgoridae
The family Fulgoridae is a large group of hemipteran insects, especially abundant and diverse in the tropics, containing over 125 genera worldwide. They are mostly of moderate to large size, many with a superficial resemblance to Lepidoptera due t ...
: from Central and South America.
Species
The following species are listed:
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* '' Odontoptera carrenoi'' (Signoret, 1849)
* '' Odontoptera spectabilis'' (Carreno, 1841), (type species
In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen ...
)
* '' Odontoptera toulgoeti'' (Bourgoin & O'Brien, 1994)
Gallery
Odontoptera carrenoi MHNTvol.jpg, ''O. carrenoi'' (Toulouse Museum)
Odontoptera spectabilis, paraguay 2016-02-23-19.49.jpg, ''O. spectabilis'', Paraguay
References
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Fulgorinae