Eoscarta
Sign in to saveEoscarta is a genus of froghopper (Cercopidae) with about 50 species distributed in the Oriental region. Species in the genus are identified by a combination of characters that include an elongated pubescent body, highly laterally compressed postclypeus, the hind tibia with a single lateral spur and genital characters of the males.
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- 8
- Family
- Cercopidae
- Collections
- UMNH, BPBM
- Recorded in
- Papua New Guinea
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Eoscarta is a genus of froghopper (Cercopidae) with about 50 species distributed in the Oriental region. Species in the genus are identified by a combination of characters that include an elongated pubescent body, highly laterally compressed postclypeus, the hind tibia with a single lateral spur and genital characters of the males.
The genus has been treated widely differently by different workers and is closely related to several other genera like Euryaulax. Species that have been placed in the genus include: Eoscarta apicata Eoscarta assimilis Eoscarta atricapilla Eoscarta aurora Eoscarta binotata Eoscarta borealis Eoscarta carnifex Eoscarta colona Eoscarta deprivata Eoscarta elongata Eoscarta eos Eoscarta ferruginea Eoscarta fuscata Eoscarta illuminata Eoscarta inclyta Eoscarta jugalis Eoscarta karschi Eoscarta limbipennis Eoscarta liternoides Eoscarta lombokensis Eoscarta lumuensis Eoscarta marginiceps Eoscarta monticola Eoscarta nilgiriensis Eoscarta nobilis Eoscarta ochraceous Eoscarta parva Eoscarta philippinica Eoscarta rana Eoscarta seimundi Eoscarta spenceri Eoscarta subdolens Eoscarta tonkinensis Eoscarta zonalis
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Eoscarta” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.