Published April 28, 2026 | Version v1
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Poeciloterpina Schmidt 1920

  • 1. Department of Crop Protection, Division of Entomology, College of Agriculture, University of Southern Mindanao, Kabacan, Cotabato, Philippines. & Mécanismes adaptatifs et évolution (MECADEV), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, CNRS, CP 50, Entomologie, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France.
  • 2. Institute of Weed Science, Entomology and Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture and Food Science and Museum of Natural History, University of the Philippines Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines.
  • 3. Mécanismes adaptatifs et évolution (MECADEV), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, CNRS, CP 50, Entomologie, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France.

Description

Key to the genera of Philippine Poeciloterpina Schmidt, 1920

1. Tegmina with concave apical cells, apical veins thickened .............................................................. 2

– Tegmina without concave apical cells, apical veins not thickened ................................................... 3

2. General habitus dome-shaped, length 2.5 × height ................................ Poeciloterpa Schmidt, 1920

– General habitus not dome-shaped, total length 3.5 × height .. Miosterpa Crispolon & Yap gen. nov.

3. Body dorso-ventrally flattened, pronotum angle in lateral view less than 25° .................................... ..................................................................................................................... Mioscarta Breddin, 1901

– Body not dorso-ventrally flattened, pronotum angle in lateral view around 45° ................................ ........................................................................... Trigonoschema Crispolon & Soulier-Perkins, 2021

Notes

Published as part of Jr Crispolon, Elorde S., Yap, Sheryl A. & Soulier-Perkins, Adeline, 2026, New genus and species of Philippine spittlebug (Cercopidae: Hemiptera), with notes on subtribal placement of Trigonoschema, pp. 82-104 in European Journal of Taxonomy 1052 on page 101, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1052.3270, http://zenodo.org/record/19955526

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Schmidt
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Cercopidae
Taxon rank
subTribe
Taxonomic concept label
Poeciloterpina Schmidt, 1920 sec. Crispolon, Yap & Soulier-Perkins, 2026

References

  • Schmidt E. 1920. Neue Zikaden von den Philippinen, Sumatra und Java. (Rhynchota-Homoptera). Entomologische Zeitung 81: 43-56.
  • Breddin G. 1901. Die Hemipteren von Celebes - Ein Beitrag zur Faunistik der Insel. Abhandlungen der naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Halle. Stuttgart 24: 1-213.
  • Crispolon E. S. Jr, Guilbert E., Yap S. A. & A. Soulier-Perkins. 2021. New genus and new species of spittlebugs (Hemiptera: Cercopidae) from the Philippines. European Journal of Taxonomy 778: 90-135. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.778.1571