Confuga is a genus of planthoppers in the family Cixiidae. Its only species is Confuga persephone, a troglobitic (cave-dwelling) planthopper that is endemic to New Zealand. It is the only known species of cave-dwelling planthopper in New Zealand. [2]
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| Drawing of holotype by Des Helmore | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Infraorder: | Fulgoromorpha |
| Family: | Cixiidae |
| Subfamily: | Cixiinae |
| Tribe: | Oecleini |
| Genus: | Confuga Fennah, 1975 |
| Species: | C. persephone
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| Binomial name | |
| Confuga persephone Fennah, 1975[1]
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The species was first described by Ronald Gordon Fennah in 1975, from specimens found in a cave east of Tākaka, in the South Island of New Zealand.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b R. G. Fennah (September 1975). "New cavernicolous cixiid from New Zealand (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea)". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 2 (3): 377–380. doi:10.1080/03014223.1975.9517880. ISSN 0301-4223. Wikidata Q104027629.
- ^ Júlio César do Carmo Vaz Santos; Rodrigo Lopes Ferreira; Ian Millar; Hannelore Hoch (2019). "Conservation status and complementary description of Confuga persephone (Cixiidae): should this species be considered Threatened?". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 46 (1): 61–73. doi:10.1080/03014223.2018.1488751. S2CID 91473163.
External links
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- Confuga persephone discussed in RNZ Critter of the Week, 29 July 2022
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