Prosapia

Prosapia is a genus of froghoppers in the family Cercopidae. There are about six described species in Prosapia.[1][2][3][4][5]

Prosapia bicincta

Prosapia
Prosapia bicincta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Family:	Cercopidae
Subfamily:	Cercopinae
Genus:	Prosapia Fennah, 1949

Species

These six species belong to the genus Prosapia:

• Prosapia bicincta (Say, 1830) ^{i c g b} (two-lined spittlebug)
• Prosapia flavifascia (Metcalf & Bruner, 1925) ^{c g}
• Prosapia ignipectus (Fitch, 1851) ^{i g b} (red-legged spittlebug)
• Prosapia latens Fennah, 1953 ^{c g}
• Prosapia plagiata (Distant, 1878) ^{c g}
• Prosapia simulans (Walker, 1858) ^{c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]

References

1. "Prosapia Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
2. "Browse Prosapia". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
3. "Prosapia". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
4. "Prosapia Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
5. "Prosapia Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-18.

Further reading

• Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
• Hamilton, K.G.A. (1977). "Review of the world species of Prosapia Fennah (Rhynchota: Homoptera: Cercopidae)". The Canadian Entomologist. 109 (4): 621–630. ISSN 0008-347X.
• Metcalf, Z.P. (1961). General Catalogue of the Homoptera, Fascicle VII: Cercopoidea, part 2: Cercopidae. North Carolina State College.
• Walker, Francis (1871). Catalogue of the Specimens of Hemiptera Heteroptera in the Collection of the British Museum, pt. IV. British Museum. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.9254.

External links

• Media related to Prosapia at Wikimedia Commons