Chiasmus (leafhopper)

Chiasmus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadellidae
Subfamily: Deltocephalinae
Tribe: Chiasmini
Genus: Chiasmus
Mulsant & Rey, 1855
Synonyms[1]
List
    • Actrotypus Fieber, 1866
    • Atractotypus Fieber, 1866
    • Attractotypus Fieber, 1866
    • Chiasmes Mulsant & Rey, 1855
    • Duranturopsis Melichar, 1908
    • Duratopsis Melichar, 1908
    • Duraturopsis Melichar, 1908
    • Kartwa Distant, 1908
    • Kosmiopelex Kirkaldy, 1906
    • Kosmiopelix Kirkaldy, 1906
    • Postumus Distant, 1918

Chiasmus is a genus of leafhoppers in the subfamily Deltocephalinae and typical of the tribe Chiasmini; it was erected by Mulsant and Rey in 1855.[2] Species have been recorded in Africa, southern Europe, southern Asia and Australia.[1]

Species

The Global Biodiversity Information Facility[1] lists:

  1. Chiasmus alatus Singh-Pruthi, 1930
  2. Chiasmus arori Singh, 1969
  3. Chiasmus conspurcatus (Perris, 1857)
  4. Chiasmus curtipennis (Oshanin, 1871)
  5. Chiasmus elongatus Singh, 1969
  6. Chiasmus facialis (Distant, 1918)
  7. Chiasmus jagdishi Singh-Pruthi, 1936
  8. Chiasmus katonae (Melichar, 1908)
  9. Chiasmus mustelinus (Distant, 1908)
  10. Chiasmus niger Singh-Pruthi, 1936
  11. Chiasmus translucidus Mulsant & Rey, 1855 - type species
  12. Chiasmus undulatus Theron, 1982
  13. Chiasmus uzelii Melichar, 1903
  14. Chiasmus varicolor (Kirkaldy, 1906)

References

  1. 1 2 3 Global Biodiversity Information Facility: genus Chiasmus Mulsant & Rey, 1855 (retrieved 11 April 2026)
  2. ↑ Mulsant ME, Rey C (1855) Description de quelques Hémiptères-Homoptères nouveaux ou peu connus. Annales de la Société linnéenne de Lyon. 2(2): 197-249, 426., 2(2), 197–249.
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