Alphina is a genus of planthoppers in the family Fulgoridae occurring in South America.[1]
| Alphina | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Infraorder: | Fulgoromorpha |
| Family: | Fulgoridae |
| Subfamily: | Poiocerinae |
| Tribe: | Poiocerini |
| Genus: | Alphina Stål, 1863 |
| Type species | |
| Alphina nigrosignata Stål, 1863
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Species
edit- Alphina nigrosignata Stål, 1863
- Alphina fryi Distant, 1906
Formerly included
edit- Alphina glauca (Metcalf, 1923); a synonym of Scaralina marmorata[2]
References
edit- ^ Genus Alphina Stal, 1863
- ^ Yanega, D., Goemans, G., Van Dam M., Gómez-Marco, F., Hoddle, M. (2024) Description of a new genus of North and Central American planthoppers (Hemiptera: Fulgoridae) with fourteen new species. Zootaxa 5443: 1-53. DOI: 10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5443.1.1