Pyrgoteles (planthopper)

Pyrgoteles is an unplaced genus of planthoppers in the family Fulgoridae:[1] species can be found in Sub-Saharan Africa.[2]

This article is about the insect genus. For the gem-engraver of ancient Greece, see Pyrgoteles.

Pyrgoteles
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder: Fulgoromorpha
Family: Fulgoridae
Genus: Pyrgoteles
Gerstaecker, 1873
Synonyms
  • Apossoda Schmidt, 1911

Species

Fulgoromorpha Lists On the Web[2] lists:

  1. Pyrgoteles angolensis (Lallemand, 1959)
  2. Pyrgoteles cristatus Karsch, 1893
  3. Pyrgoteles funebris (Fennah, 1958)
  4. Pyrgoteles incarnata (Lallemand, 1959)
  5. Pyrgoteles machadoi (Lallemand, 1959)
  6. Pyrgoteles reinhardi (Schmidt, 1911): synonym Apossoda reinhardi
  7. Pyrgoteles togoensis (Schmidt, 1911): synonym Apossoda togoensis
  8. Pyrgoteles usambarae (Melichar, 1908)

References
  1. Gerstaecker CEA (1873) Hemiptera. In: Gerstaecker C. E. A. 1873 Baron Carl Claus von der Decken's Reisen in Ost-Afrika in den Jahren 1859-1865, 3: 426-434. [428]
  2. FLOW: genus Pyrgoteles
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