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Barolineocerus spinosus

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Barolineocerus spinosus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadellidae
Genus: Barolineocerus
Species:
B. spinosus
Binomial name
Barolineocerus spinosus
Freytag, 2008

Barolineocerus spinosus is a species of leafhopper native to the Colombian Amazon.[1] The length is 4.5 millimetres (0.18 in). It is named for the unusual inner spine on the male subgenital plate. It is distinguished from other species in the genus by the subgenital plate. Only the male of the species has been described as of 2008.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Barolineocerus spinosus at GBIF
  2. ^ Freytag, Paul H. (January 2008). "Two new genera of Idiocerinae (Hemiptera: Cicadeillidae) from South America, including the description of ten new species". Entomological News. 119 (1): 47–60. doi:10.3157/0013-872X(2008)119[47:TNGOIH]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 86783413. Retrieved 21 May 2018.