Rubria (leafhopper)

Rubria
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Auchenorrhyncha
Family:	Cicadellidae
Subfamily:	Ledrinae
Genus:	Rubria; Stål, 1865
Type species
	Rubria sanguinosa;

Rubria is a genus of leafhoppers in the family Cicadellidae, the species of which are found mostly in Australia.^[1] Swedish entomologist Carl Stål described the group as a subgenus of the genus Petalocephala, but later raised it to a genus in its own right in 1966 by J.W. Evans. The genus is a distinct lineage within the family and is placed in its own tribe Rubrini.^[2]

References

^ Australian Biological Resources Study (20 September 2011). "Genus Rubria Stål, 1865". Australian Faunal Directory. Canberra, Australian Capital Territory: Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, Australian Government. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
^ Jones, Joshua R.; Deitz, Lewis L. (2009). "Phylogeny and systematics of the leafhopper subfamily Ledrinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae)". Zootaxa. 2186: 1–120 [58].

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[AFD-1] Australian Biological Resources Study (20 September 2011). "Genus Rubria Stål, 1865". Australian Faunal Directory. Canberra, Australian Capital Territory: Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, Australian Government. Retrieved 16 March 2021.

[2] Jones, Joshua R.; Deitz, Lewis L. (2009). "Phylogeny and systematics of the leafhopper subfamily Ledrinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae)". Zootaxa. 2186: 1–120 [58].

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