Issus (genus)
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Issus is a genus of 'planthoppers' belonging to the ordo Hemiptera
, subordo Auchenorrhyncha
infraordo Fulgoromorpha family Issidae
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Species of this genus are present in most of Europe
, in the Near East
and in North Africa
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Genus Issus includes small insects generally with a stocky body, a brown body and forewings with strong pronounced ribs.
Hemiptera
Hemiptera is an order of insects most often known as the true bugs , comprising around 50,000–80,000 species of cicadas, aphids, planthoppers, leafhoppers, shield bugs, and others...
, subordo Auchenorrhyncha
Auchenorrhyncha
The Auchenorrhyncha is the suborder of the Hemiptera which contains most of the familiar members of what was called the Homoptera - groups such as cicadas, leafhoppers, treehoppers, planthoppers, and spittlebugs. The aphids and scale insects are the other well-known "Homoptera", and they are in...
infraordo Fulgoromorpha family Issidae
Issidae
Issidae is a family of 'planthoppers' described by Spinola in 1839, belonging to the ordo Hemiptera, subordo Auchenorrhyncha infraordo Fulgoromorpha....
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Species of this genus are present in most of Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, in the Near East
Near East
The Near East is a geographical term that covers different countries for geographers, archeologists, and historians, on the one hand, and for political scientists, economists, and journalists, on the other...
and in North Africa
North Africa
North Africa or Northern Africa is the northernmost region of the African continent, linked by the Sahara to Sub-Saharan Africa. Geopolitically, the United Nations definition of Northern Africa includes eight countries or territories; Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, South Sudan, Sudan, Tunisia, and...
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Genus Issus includes small insects generally with a stocky body, a brown body and forewings with strong pronounced ribs.
Species List
This genus include the following 29 species:- Issus analis Brullé, 1832
- Issus bellardi Melichar, 1906
- Issus bimaculatus Melichar, 1906
- Issus cagola Remane, 1985
- Issus cagracala Remane, 1985
- Issus cahipi Remane 1985
- Issus canalaurisi Sergel, 1986
- Issus canariensis Melichar, 1906
- Issus capala Remane 1985
- Issus capapi Remane1985
- Issus cinereus (Olivier, 1791)
- Issus climacus Fieber, 1876
- Issus coleoptratus (Fabricius, 1781)
- Issus distinguendus Lindberg, 1954
- Issus fieberi Melichar 1906
- Issus fissala Fieber 1876
- Issus gracalama Remane, 1985
- Issus gratehigo Remane, 1985
- Issus hipidus Remane, 1985
- Issus lauri Ahrens, 1818
- Issus maderensis Lindberg, 1956
- Issus muscaeformis (Schrank, 1781)
- Issus padipus Remane, 1985
- Issus paladitus Remane, 1985
- Issus palama Remane, 1985
- Issus pallipes Lucas, 1853
- Issus pospisili Dlabola, 1958
- Issus rarus Lindberg, 1954
- Issus truncatus Fieber, 1876