Biology:Stictocephala

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Stictocephala
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Stictocephala taurina
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder: Cicadomorpha
Superfamily: Membracoidea
Family: Membracidae
Subfamily: Smiliinae
Genus: Stictocephala
Stål, 1869
Two-horned Treehopper (Stictocephala diceros)
Two-horned Treehopper (Stictocephala diceros)
Tree hopper nymph Stictocephala spp.
Tree hopper nymph Stictocephala spp.

Stictocephala[1] is a genus of treehoppers in the family Membracidae;[1] in the subfamily Smiliinae and tribe Ceresini.[2] Species appear to be distributed mostly in North America, but S. bisonia has become widely distributed in Europe.

Species

The Catalogue of Life[1] lists:

  • Stictocephala albescens
  • Stictocephala alta[3]
  • Stictocephala basalis
  • Stictocephala bisonia
  • Stictocephala brevicornis
  • Stictocephala brevis
  • Stictocephala brevitylus
  • Stictocephala diceros
  • Stictocephala diminuta
  • Stictocephala lutea
  • Stictocephala militaris
  • Stictocephala nervosa
  • Stictocephala ornithisca
  • Stictocephala palmeri
  • Stictocephala stimulea
  • Stictocephala substriata
  • Stictocephala taurina
  • Stictocephala tauriniformis

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Roskov Y.; Kunze T. (2011). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist.". in Didžiulis V.. Species 2000: Reading, UK.. http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2011/search/all/key/stictocephala/match/1. Retrieved 20 October 2018. 
  2. Bugguide.net: Stictocephala (retrieved 20 October 2018)
  3. Deitz, Lewis Levering; Wallace, Matthew S. (2012). "Richness of the Nearctic Treehopper Fauna (Hemiptera: Aetalionidae and Membracidae)". Zootaxa 3423: 1. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3423.1.1. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q10679679 entry