Phlogis kibalensis | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
Family: | Cicadellidae |
Genus: | Phlogis |
Species: | P. kibalensis
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Binomial name | |
Phlogis kibalensis (
Helden, 2022)
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Phlogis kibalensis is a species of insect in the leafhopper family. [1] P. kibalensis was described in 2022 by Alvin Helden, after being discovered in Kibale National Park, in western Uganda, on a student field trip from Anglia Ruskin University. [2]
Phlogis kibalensis is 6.5 millimetres (0.26 in) long and has a metallic sheen with a pitted body surface. [2] The male organs are partly leaf shaped. P. kibalensis feeds on plant sap and is preyed by beetles, birds, parasitic wasp, spiders and other invertebrates. [3] [4]
Phlogis kibalensis | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
Family: | Cicadellidae |
Genus: | Phlogis |
Species: | P. kibalensis
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Binomial name | |
Phlogis kibalensis (
Helden, 2022)
|
Phlogis kibalensis is a species of insect in the leafhopper family. [1] P. kibalensis was described in 2022 by Alvin Helden, after being discovered in Kibale National Park, in western Uganda, on a student field trip from Anglia Ruskin University. [2]
Phlogis kibalensis is 6.5 millimetres (0.26 in) long and has a metallic sheen with a pitted body surface. [2] The male organs are partly leaf shaped. P. kibalensis feeds on plant sap and is preyed by beetles, birds, parasitic wasp, spiders and other invertebrates. [3] [4]