Gargara (treehopper)

Gargara
Gargara genistae
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Membracidae
Subfamily: Centrotinae
Tribe: Gargarini
Genus: Gargara
Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843
Synonyms
  • Gorgora [sic] Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843
  • Macrops [sic] Buckton, 1903
  • Maerops Buckton, 1903
  • Moerops [sic] Buckton, 1903
  • Kotogargara Matsumura, 1938
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Gargara is a large genus of tree-hoppers, typical of the tribe Gargarini, erected by Charles Jean-Baptiste Amyot and Jean Guillaume Audinet-Serville in 1843. There are widespread species records from Africa, Europe, Asia and Australia; G. genistae can be found in southern Britain.