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Hypacostemma

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Hypacostemma is a genus of leafhoppers in the subfamily Deltocephalinae. It is the only genus in the tribe Hypacostemmini. Hypacostemma contains at least 5 described species distributed throughout Southern Africa. Hypacostemma are usually large greenish leafhoppers with a length between 7-10 mm.[1]

Hypacostemma
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Hypacostemmini Linnavuori & Al-Ne’amy, 1983
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Hypacostemma

Linnavuori, 1961
Type species
Hypacostemma uniformis
Distant, 1910
Species

5, see text.

Species

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There are currently 5 described species in Hypacostemma:[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Zahniser, James N; Dietrich, Chris (2013-05-29). "A review of the tribes of Deltocephalinae (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae)". European Journal of Taxonomy (45). doi:10.5852/ejt.2013.45. ISSN 2118-9773.
  2. ^ Zahniser, J.N. 2007-present. An online interactive key and searchable database of Deltocephalinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae). http://zahniser.speciesfile.org/