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Dichoptera

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Dichoptera is a genus of planthoppers found in tropical Asia. They were formerly placed in the family Dictyopharidae but are now considered members of the family Fulgoridae.[1]

Head profile

They have large and stout bodies with long membranous forewings. The head is short and may have a long process. There are 11 species in the genus.[2][3]

Often found on the bark of Ficus trees, they are tended by ants and sometimes parasitized by Dryinidae.[4]

References

  1. ^ Emeljanov A (1979) The problem of differentiation of the families Fulgoridae and Dictyopharidae. Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta Akademii Nauk SSSR 82:3-22.
  2. ^ Song, Z; Bourgoin, T; Liang, A (2011). "Review of the Oriental Monotypic Genus Pibrocha Kirkaldy (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Fulgoridae, Dorysarthrinae)". ZooKeys (132): 1–13. doi:10.3897/zookeys.132.1319. PMC 3208430. PMID 22140330.
  3. ^ Distant, W.L. (1906). Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Rhynchota. Volume III. London: Taylor and Francis. pp. 237–240.
  4. ^ Swaminathan, S. & T.N. Ananthakrishnan (1984). "Population trends of some monophagous and polyphagous fulgoroides in relation to biotic and abiotic factors (Insecta: Homoptera)". Proceedings: Animal Sciences. 93 (1): 1–8. doi:10.1007/bf03186220. S2CID 84363941.
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Dichoptera: Brief Summary

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Dichoptera is a genus of planthoppers found in tropical Asia. They were formerly placed in the family Dictyopharidae but are now considered members of the family Fulgoridae.

Head profile

They have large and stout bodies with long membranous forewings. The head is short and may have a long process. There are 11 species in the genus.

Often found on the bark of Ficus trees, they are tended by ants and sometimes parasitized by Dryinidae.

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