Poole, Karen E.
Oxypleura
Sign in to saveOxypleura is a genus of Asian cicadas in the tribe Platypleurini, erected by Charles Jean-Baptiste Amyot and Jean Guillaume Audinet-Serville in 1843; they named it from the Greek: οξύς (sharp) and pleura (πλευρά). Species distribution records include: Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, India, Indochina and Australia.
Species
KINGDOM
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumEchinodermata
- ClassEchinoidea
- OrderClypeasteroida
- FamilyClypeasteridae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 71
- Family
- Cicadidae
- Collections
- NHMUK, AM
- Recorded in
- Zambia, Australia
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Oxypleura is a genus of Asian cicadas in the tribe Platypleurini, erected by Charles Jean-Baptiste Amyot and Jean Guillaume Audinet-Serville in 1843; they named it from the Greek: οξύς (sharp) and pleura (πλευρά). Species distribution records include: Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, India, Indochina and Australia.
==Species== The World Auchenorrhyncha Database includes: Oxypleura atkinsoni Oxypleura basalis Oxypleura calypso - Christmas Island Cicada Oxypleura centralis Oxypleura clara - type species Oxypleura ethiopiensis Oxypleura lenihani Oxypleura pointeli Oxypleura quadraticollis Oxypleura spoerryae
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