Diceropyga

Diceropyga
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder: Cicadomorpha
Superfamily: Cicadoidea
Family: Cicadidae
Subfamily: Cicadinae
Genus: Diceropyga
Stål, 1870

Diceropyga is a genus of cicadas, commonly known as dicers, in the family Cicadidae, found mainly in Australasia. It was described in 1870 by Swedish entomologist Carl Stål.[1]

Species

There are 26 species in the genus:[2]

  • Diceropyga auriculata Duffels, 1977
  • Diceropyga aurita Duffels, 1977
  • Diceropyga bacanensis Duffels, 1988
  • Diceropyga bicornis Duffels, 1977
  • Diceropyga bihamata Duffels, 1977
  • Diceropyga bougainvillensis Duffels, 1977
  • Diceropyga didyma (Boisduval, 1835)
  • Diceropyga duffelsi Sanborn, 2015
  • Diceropyga gravesteini Duffels, 1977
  • Diceropyga guadalcanalensis Duffels, 1977
  • Diceropyga junctivitta (Walker, 1868)
  • Diceropyga major Duffels, 1977
  • Diceropyga malaitensis Duffels, 1977
  • Diceropyga noonadani Duffels, 1977
  • Diceropyga novaebritannicae Duffels, 1977
  • Diceropyga novaeguinae Distant, 1912
  • Diceropyga obliterans Duffels, 1977
  • Diceropyga obtecta (Fabricius, 1803)
  • Diceropyga ochrothorax Duffels, 1977
  • Diceropyga pigafettae (Distant, 1888)
  • Diceropyga rennellensis Duffels, 1977
  • Diceropyga subapicalis (Walker, 1868)
  • Diceropyga subjuga Duffels, 1977
  • Diceropyga tortifer Duffels, 1977
  • Diceropyga triangulata Duffels, 1977
  • Diceropyga woodlarkensis Duffels, 1977

References

  1. ^ Stål, C (1870). "Hemiptera insularum Philippinarum.-Bidrag till Philippinska öarnes Hemipter-fauna". Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm. 27: 607–776 [708]. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.61898.
  2. ^ "Diceropyga Stål, 1870". GBIF. GBIF Secretariat. 2025. Retrieved 2025-08-23.