Funkhouser 1943c
Sakakibara 1975a
McKamey 1998a
McKamey and Porter 2016a
McKamey 2020a
Animalia → Arthropoda → Insecta → Pterygota → Hemiptera → Auchenorrhyncha → Cicadomorpha → Membracoidea → Membracidae → Smiliinae → Thuridini
Thuris Funkhouser, 1943
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Overview
One of two genera in the tribe Thuridini, Thuris includes two described species, shown below.
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Distribution
Neotropical region: Brazil, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela (McKamey and Porter 2016a).
Diagnostic characters
The pronotum of Thuris has a strong posterior keel which is absent in members of the genus Paraphetea (McKamey 2020a). McKamey (2020a) provided a key to both genera and their species.
Immatures
Nymphs devoid of chalazae and scoli; abdominal tergum IX with ventral extension (McKamey and Porter 2016a).
Prepared by
Stuart H. McKamey, Lewis L. Deitz, and Mark J. Rothschild, 12 August 2020.