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Terentius

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Terentius
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Membracidae
Subfamily: Centrotinae
Tribe: Terentiini
Genus: Terentius
Stål, 1866
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Terentius is the type genus of tree-hoppers in the tribe Terentiini, erected by Carl Stål in 1866.[1] The recorded distribution of species (probably incomplete) includes Yunnan Province, New Guinea and northern/eastern Australia.[2]

Species

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The World Auchenorrhyncha Database[2] includes:

  1. Terentius albofasciarius Tian & Yuan, 1997
  2. Terentius alboscutarius Tian & Yuan, 1997
  3. Terentius convexus Stål, 1870type species
  4. Terentius niger Funkhouser, 1936
  5. Terentius orientalis Tian & Xu, 1997
  6. Terentius retractus (Walker, 1868)
  7. Terentius rolandi Distant, 1915

References

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  1. ^ Stål C (1866) Hemiptera Homoptera Latr. In Hemiptera Africana. Vol. 4, 1–276 p. 87.
  2. ^ a b World Auchenorrhyncha Database: genus Terentius Stål, 1866 (retrieved 21 July 2025)