Eoscarta is a genus of froghopper (Cercopidae) with about 50 species distributed in the Oriental region. Species in the genus are identified by a combination of characters that include an elongated pubescent body, highly laterally compressed postclypeus, the hind tibia with a single lateral spur and genital characters of the males.[1]
| Eoscarta | |
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| Eoscarta borealis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Family: | Cercopidae |
| Genus: | Eoscarta Breddin, 1902 |
| Type species | |
| Eoscarta eos Breddin, 1902
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The genus has been treated widely differently by different workers and is closely related to several other genera like Euryaulax. Species that have been placed in the genus include:
- Eoscarta apicata Distant, 1908
- Eoscarta assimilis (Uhler, 1896)
- Eoscarta atricapilla Distant, 1908
- Eoscarta aurora Kirkaldy, 1909
- Eoscarta binotata Liang, 1996
- Eoscarta borealis (Distant, 1878)
- Eoscarta carnifex (Fabricius, 1775)
- Eoscarta colona Jacobi, 1927
- Eoscarta deprivata Walker, 1858
- Eoscarta elongata (Matsumura, 1940)
- Eoscarta eos Breddin, 1902
- Eoscarta ferruginea Distant, 1916
- Eoscarta fuscata Distant, 1916
- Eoscarta illuminata Distant, 1908
- Eoscarta inclyta (Walker)
- Eoscarta jugalis Lallemand, 1949
- Eoscarta karschi Schmidt, 1920
- Eoscarta limbipennis Jacobi, 1905
- Eoscarta liternoides Breddin, 1902
- Eoscarta lombokensis Metcalf, 1955
- Eoscarta lumuensis Lallemand, 1932
- Eoscarta marginiceps Melichar, 1914
- Eoscarta monticola Lallemand, 1928
- Eoscarta nilgiriensis Distant, 1900
- Eoscarta nobilis Lallemand, 1924
- Eoscarta ochraceous (Metcalf & Horton, 1934)
- Eoscarta parva Liang, 1996
- Eoscarta philippinica Lallemand, 1949
- Eoscarta rana Distant, 1909
- Eoscarta seimundi Lallemand, 1933
- Eoscarta spenceri Liang, 1996
- Eoscarta subdolens Walker, 1857
- Eoscarta tonkinensis Lallemand, 1949
- Eoscarta zonalis (Matsumura, 1907)
References
edit- ^ Liang, Ai-Ping; Jiang, Guo-Mei (2007). "Taxonomic Changes in the Oriental Spittlebug Genus Eoscarta Breddin (Hemiptera: Cercopoidea: Cercopidae)". J. Entomol. Sci. 42 (2): 150–154.