Eoscarta

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Eoscarta
File:Eoscarta borealis.jpg
Eoscarta borealis
Scientific classification File:OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cercopidae
Genus: Eoscarta
Breddin, 1902
Type species
Eoscarta eos
Breddin, 1902

Eoscarta is a genus of froghopper (Cercopidae) with about 50 species distributed in the Oriental region. Species in the genus are identified by a combination of characters that include an elongated pubescent body, highly laterally compressed postclypeus, the hind tibia with a single lateral spur and genital characters of the males.[1] The genus has been treated widely differently by different workers and is closely related to several other genera like Euryaulax. Species that have been placed in the genus include:

References

  1. Liang, Ai-Ping; Jiang, Guo-Mei (2007). "Taxonomic Changes in the Oriental Spittlebug Genus Eoscarta Breddin (Hemiptera: Cercopoidea: Cercopidae)". J. Entomol. Sci. 42 (2): 150–154.