Genus Ceresa

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification

Blackish Buffalo treehopper, 3:01pm - Ceresa basalis

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)

Suborder Auchenorrhyncha (Free-living Hemipterans)

Superfamily Cicadoidea

Family Membracidae (Treehoppers)

Genus Ceresa

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Ceresa Amyot and Serville 1843 (Histoire naturelle des insectes Hemipteres, see Biodiversity Heritage Library).

formerly Stictocephala (in part)

Explanation of Names

Ceresa is an Italian surname derived from Latin ceresea meaning "cherry" (Internet searches).

Numbers

Nearctica.com lists only 4 species in North America but a number of other species from Stictocephala and other genera have now been assigned to Ceresa

Identification

Nymphs in this genus are unique in having long plumes that point forwards.

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 22 January, 2005 - 2:27am
Additional contributions by cotinis, Beatriz Moisset, ceiseman
Last updated 23 July, 2009 - 4:28pm

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