Carystoterpa fingens
Carystoterpa fingens, commonly known as the variegated spittlebug, is a spittlebug of the family Aphrophoridae.[1] It is endemic to New Zealand. It was first described by Francis Walker in 1851.[2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Family: | Aphrophoridae |
| Genus: | Carystoterpa |
| Species: | C. fingens |
| Binomial name | |
| Carystoterpa fingens (Walker, 1851) | |
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References
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- Hamilton, K. G. A.; Morales, C. F. (1992). "Cercopidae (Insecta: Homoptera)". Fauna of New Zealand. 25: 1–37 – via Biotaxa.
- Walker, Francis (1851). "Part III". List of the Specimens of Homopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. 3: 637–1118. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.9063 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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