Alcathous (planthopper)

Alcathous
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder: Fulgoromorpha
Family: Fulgoridae
Subfamily: Amyclinae
Genus: Alcathous
Stål, 1863

Alcathous is a monotypic genus containing the species Alcathous fecialis: a fulgorid planthopper, in the subfamily Amyclinae and found in southern India. It is predominantly brown with dark markings. Its snout curves slightly upward, and its wings are about 3 cm long and hide its short abdomen. From its eyes to the tip of its abdomen, A. fecialis is about 1.2 cm long with a 0.3 cm snout.[1]

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  1. ^ Distant, WL (1906). Fauna of British India. Rhychota. Volume 3. Vol. 3. London: Taylor and Francis. pp. 197–198.