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Genus Homotoma

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Sternorrhyncha (Plant-parasitic Hemipterans)
Superfamily Psylloidea
Family Homotomidae
Genus Homotoma
Explanation of Names
Homotoma Guérin-Méneville 1844
Numbers
A single (adventive) species in our area, >30 spp. total(1)
Identification
Antennae bearing dense setae
Works Cited
1.Ouvrard D. (2013) Psyl'list - The World Psylloidea Database
Contributed by v belov on 17 June, 2013 - 11:35am
Additional contributions by Chris Mallory
Last updated 27 February, 2016 - 4:44am

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