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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
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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]
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]