Achilus

This article is about the genus of planthoppers. For the plant synonym, see Globba.

Achilus
Achilus flammeus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder: Fulgoromorpha
Family: Achilidae
Subfamily: Achilinae
Genus: Achilus
Kirby, 1818

Achilus is the type genus[1] of planthoppers of the family Achilidae. This may be a monotypic genus containing the type species Achilus flammeus.[2]Kirby, 1818: which is the "red fingernail bug" and found in Australia.[3] The placement of A. cixioides Spinola from Chile, is uncertain,[4] but it may belong in Mnemosyne Stål, 1866 (Cixiinae}. The genus described by William Kirby in 1819.[5]

References

  1. ^ FLOW: Achilus Kirby, 1818 [type genus] (retrieved 22 January 2022)
  2. ^ "Achilus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  3. ^ GBIF: Achilus flammeus Kirby, 1818
  4. ^ NSW GovernmentAchilus Kirby.
  5. ^ Kirby W (1819) A description of several new species of insects collected in New Holland by Robert Brown, Esq. F.R.S. Lib. Linn. Soc. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 12(2): 454-482.

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