Suborder Auchenorrhyncha - Free-living Hemipterans

Classification · Identification · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Hopper - metallic - Chlorotettix tergatus

Leafhopper - Oncopsis flavidorsum - female

leafhopper n tiny friend - Agallia quadripunctata

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

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

Suborder Auchenorrhyncha (Free-living Hemipterans)

Identification

Active insects, good fliers or jumpers. 3 segmented tarsi. Antennae very short and bristlelike. Cicadas are relatively large with membranous wings. Hoppers are small to minute with thickened front wings, usually.

Print References

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Internet References

Tree of Life Site

Wikipedia

Auchenorrhyncha of West Virginia

Works Cited

1.	Borror and DeLong's Introduction to the Study of Insects By Norman F. Johnson, Charles A. Triplehorn

Contributed by Richard Leung on 11 March, 2005 - 6:34pm
Additional contributions by Mike Boone, Stephen Cresswell, Beatriz Moisset, Robin McLeod
Last updated 25 January, 2009 - 11:21am

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