Biology:Microcentrus caryae

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Microcentrus caryae
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Membracidae
Genus: Microcentrus
Species:
M. caryae
Binomial name
Microcentrus caryae
(Fitch, 1851)
Synonyms

Uroxiphus caryae Fitch 1851 Centrotus caryae (Fitch); Walker 1852a: 1147. Ledra caryae (Fitch); Glover 1878a: 2. Phaulocentrus caryae (Fitch); Fowler 1896[1]

Microcentrus caryae, the hickory stegaspidine treehopper, is a species of treehopper in the family Membracidae.[2][3][4][5]

Appearance

M. caryae is grayish-brown colored, but can sometimes be grayish-purple. It has a short, small, rounded pronotum, which is unlike other treehoppers.[6]

Hickory stegaspidine treehopper, Microcentrus caryae
Hickory stegaspidine treehopper, Microcentrus caryae

References

  1. Cryan, Jason R.; Robertson, James A.; Deitz, Lewis L. (1 January 2003). "Systematic Treatment". The New World Treehopper Tribe Microcentrini (Hemiptera: Membracidae: Stegaspidinae): Monographic Revision and Phylogenetic Position. doi:10.4182/RWVJ5519.2003.9. 
  2. "Microcentrus caryae species details". http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/98db68069bfb92e4bd3a2d76ccf13f67. Retrieved 2018-04-05. 
  3. "Microcentrus caryae". https://www.gbif.org/species/5154672. Retrieved 2018-04-05. 
  4. "Microcentrus caryae Species Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/83032. Retrieved 2018-04-05. 
  5. "Microcentrus caryae Overview". http://eol.org/pages/12034309/overview. Retrieved 2018-04-05. 
  6. "Hoppers of North Carolina". https://auth1.dpr.ncparks.gov/bugs/view_1.php?id=15336. 

Further reading

Wikidata ☰ Q10584187 entry