Biology:Prosapia ignipectus

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Short description: Species of true bug

Prosapia ignipectus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cercopidae
Genus: Prosapia
Species:
P. ignipectus
Binomial name
Prosapia ignipectus
(Fitch, 1851)

Prosapia ignipectus, known generally as the red-legged spittlebug or black spittlebug, is a species of froghopper in the family Cercopidae.[1][2][3][4] It is found in North America.[1] It measures about 8 mm (0.3 in) in length.[3]

References

Further reading

  • Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9. 
  • Hamilton, K.G.A. (1977). "Review of the world species of Prosapia Fennah (Rhynchota: Homoptera: Cercopidae)". The Canadian Entomologist 109 (4): 621–630. 
  • Marshall, Stephen A. (2006). Insects: Their Natural History And Diversity: With a Photographic Guide to Insects of Eastern North America. Firefly Books. 
  • Metcalf, Z.P. (1961). General Catalogue of the Homoptera, Fascicle VII: Cercopoidea, part 2: Cercopidae. North Carolina State College. 
  • Walker, Francis (1871). Catalogue of the Specimens of Hemiptera Heteroptera in the Collection of the British Museum, pt. IV. British Museum. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.9254. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q49451911 entry