Trypetimorpha

Trypetimorpha^[1] is a genus of bugs in the family Tropiduchidae; species are recorded from mainland Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia.^[2]

Trypetimorpha
Trypetimorpha occidentalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder:	Fulgoromorpha
Family:	Tropiduchidae
Subfamily:	Tropiduchinae
Tribe:	Trypetimorphini
Genus:	Trypetimorpha Costa, 1862
Synonyms
Trichoduchus Bierman, 1910

Taxonomy

The genus was first described in 1862 by Achille Costa.^[1][3]

Trypetimorpha is the type genus of the small tribe Trypetimorphini (erected by Leopold Melichar in 1914). The other extant genus in this tribe is Ommatissus and the extinct genus †Reteotissus Szwedo, 2019 was found from Eocene strata in the Isle of Wight, off southern England.^[4]

Species

Fulgoromorpha Lists on the Web^[2] includes:

1. Trypetimorpha aschei Huang & Bourgoin, 1993
2. Trypetimorpha biermani (Dammerman, 1910)
3. Trypetimorpha canopus Linnavuori, 1973
4. Trypetimorpha fenestrata Costa, 1862 - type species (mainland Europe, north Africa and the Middle East)
5. Trypetimorpha japonica Ishihara, 1954
6. Trypetimorpha occidentalis Huang & Bourgoin, 1993
7. Trypetimorpha sizhengi Huang & Bourgoin, 1993
8. Trypetimorpha wilsoni Huang & Bourgoin, 1993