Lophops
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| synonyms = * Cystingocephala {{Au|Stål, 1853}}
- Gozarta {{Au|Walker, 1870}}
- Brixioides {{Au|Kirby, 1891}}
- Astorga {{Au|Kirkaldy, 1906}}
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Lophops is the type genus of planthoppers for the family Lophopidae, subfamily Lophopinae and tribe Lophopini; it was erected by Maximilian Spinola in 1839.Spinola M (1839) Essai sur les Fulgorelles, sous-tribu de la tribu des Cicadaires, ordre des Rhyngotes. (Suite). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. Paris 8: 339-454 [387].
Records of occurrence (probably incomplete) for species include: Africa, China, Indochina, Malesia including the Philippines, New Guinea and Australia.[https://www.gbif.org/species/2064747 Global Biodiversity Information facility: Lophops Spinola, 1839] (retrieved 19 April 2025)
Species
Fulgoromorpha Lists On the Web lists the following:
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- Lophops africana {{Au|(Schmidt, 1912)}}
- Lophops angustipennis {{Au|Stål, 1866}}
- Lophops bwamba {{Au|Soulier-Perkins, 2017}}
- Lophops carinata {{Au|(Kirby, 1891)}}
- Lophops fusca {{Au|Melichar, 1915}}
- Lophops incognita {{Au|Soulier-Perkins, 2017}}
- Lophops intermedia {{Au|Schmidt, 1926}}
- Lophops kwazulu {{Au|Soulier-Perkins, 2017}}
- Lophops malagarassi {{Au|Soulier-Perkins, 2017}}
- Lophops mentawiensis {{Au|Baker, 1927}}
- Lophops pallida {{Au|Melichar, 1902}}
- Lophops saccharicida {{Au|(Kirkaldy, 1906)}}
- Lophops servillei {{Au|Spinola, 1839}} - type species
- Lophops sigwalti {{Au|Soulier-Perkins, 2017}}
- Lophops stilleri {{Au|Soulier-Perkins, 2017}}
- Lophops tigris {{Au|Fennah, 1955}}
- Lophops verschureni {{Au|Synave, 1962}}
- Lophops watshami {{Au|Soulier-Perkins, 2017}}
- Lophops zebra {{Au|(Walker, 1870)}}
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References
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