Leptocentrus

Leptocentrus
	Leptocentrus leucaspis (Walker, 1858)
Systematics
Order :	Schnabelkerfe (Hemiptera)
Subordination :	Risso cicadas (Cicadomorpha)
Superfamily :	Membracoidea
Family :	Humpback chirps (Membracidae)
Subfamily :	Centrotinae
Genre :	Leptocentrus
Scientific name
	Leptocentrus
	Stål , 1866

Leptocentrus is a genus of humpback chirps from the subfamily Centrotinae. The genus contains more than 90 species, making it one of the four most species-rich genera of the humpback hoppers. It is particularlywidespreadin the Oriental region, but also in Afrotropic, Palaearctic, Indomalayan, Australian and oceanic areas. L. altifrons, L. reponens, L. taurus and L. vicarius , for example, are very widespread.

The pronotum of the Leptocentrus cicadas has a characteristic pointed spine that extends backwards and two lateral tips in front. The cicadas are mostly dark, brown, sometimes with light spots. They are about five to seven millimeters long.

Several species of the genus Leptocentrus , including L. taurus, are pests on sandalwood and other economically important plants on the Indian subcontinent. L. longispinus is associated with ants on sandalwood.

Individual evidence

↑ MS Wallace & LL Deitz: Phylogeny and systematics of the treehopper subfamily Centrotinae (Hemiptera: Membracidae) . In: Memoirs on Entomology, International . tape 19 , 2004, pp. 1-377 .
↑ ^a ^b S. H. McKamey: Taxonomic Catalog of the Membracoidea (exclusive of leafhoppers) . In: Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute . tape 60 , 1998, ISBN 1-887988-04-1 , pp. 1-377 .
↑ Treehoppers: Aetalionidae, Melizoderidae, and Membracidae (Hemiptera). Retrieved May 15, 2017 .
↑ ^a ^b I. Ahmad & FA Mohammad: Revision of Sandal's tree hoppers of the Leptocentrus taurus (F.) species group (Homoptera, Membracidae, Centrotinae): Re-description of L. reponens (Walker) and L. substitutus Walker and description of four new species from the Indo-Pakistan subcontinent . In: Mitt. Of the Swiss Entomological Society. Volume 67 , 1994, pp. 237-254 .
↑ G. Sharma & R. Sundararaj: Association of ants and honeydew producing sucking pests in Bangalore provenance of Sandal (Santalum album Linn.) . In: Biological Forum . tape 3 , no. 2 , 2011, p. 62-64 .

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[Wallace-1] MS Wallace & LL Deitz: Phylogeny and systematics of the treehopper subfamily Centrotinae (Hemiptera: Membracidae) . In: Memoirs on Entomology, International . tape 19 , 2004, pp. 1-377 .

[:1-2] S. H. McKamey: Taxonomic Catalog of the Membracoidea (exclusive of leafhoppers) . In: Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute . tape 60 , 1998, ISBN 1-887988-04-1 , pp. 1-377 .

[treehoppers-3] Treehoppers: Aetalionidae, Melizoderidae, and Membracidae (Hemiptera). Retrieved May 15, 2017 .

[:0-4] I. Ahmad & FA Mohammad: Revision of Sandal's tree hoppers of the Leptocentrus taurus (F.) species group (Homoptera, Membracidae, Centrotinae): Re-description of L. reponens (Walker) and L. substitutus Walker and description of four new species from the Indo-Pakistan subcontinent . In: Mitt. Of the Swiss Entomological Society. Volume 67 , 1994, pp. 237-254 .

[Sharma-5] G. Sharma & R. Sundararaj: Association of ants and honeydew producing sucking pests in Bangalore provenance of Sandal (Santalum album Linn.) . In: Biological Forum . tape 3 , no. 2 , 2011, p. 62-64 .