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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Hoppers (Auchenorrhyncha) » Cicadas, Spittlebugs, Leafhoppers, and Treehoppers (Cicadomorpha) » Leafhoppers and Treehoppers (Membracoidea) » Typical Leafhoppers (Cicadellidae) » Deltocephalinae » Scaphytopiini » Scaphytopius » subgenus Cloanthanus (Scaphytopius subgenus Cloanthanus) » Scaphytopius latus

Species Scaphytopius latus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Print References · Works Cited

Scaphytopius latus? - Scaphytopius latus - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

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

Suborder Auchenorrhyncha (True Hoppers)

Infraorder Cicadomorpha (Cicadas, Spittlebugs, Leafhoppers, and Treehoppers)

Superfamily Membracoidea (Leafhoppers and Treehoppers)

Family Cicadellidae (Typical Leafhoppers)

Subfamily Deltocephalinae

Tribe Scaphytopiini

Genus Scaphytopius

No Taxon (subgenus Cloanthanus)

Species latus (Scaphytopius latus)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Scaphytopius latus (Baker)

Orig. Comb: Platymetopius latus Baker, 1900

Explanation of Names

latus (L). "the side; broad, wide" (1)

Size

4.5-5.0 mm (2)

Identification

Yellowish-ochreous with the markings darker ochreous, brown, or fuscous; forewings with the veins of the costal region dark brown and with rounded, whitish areas in the cells and costal region. There is much variation, from dull ochrcous to blackish-fuscous. (2)

Dets. Kyle Kittelberger

Range

e. NA to BC - Map (3), uncommon

Print References

Baker, C.F. (1900) Four new species of Platymetopius. The Canadian Entomologist 32: 49–50.

Works Cited

1.	Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.

2.	Leafhoppers (Homoptera: Cicadellidae) of Canada and Alaska Bryan P. Beirne. 1956. The Canadian Entomologist, Volume LXXXVIII, Supplement 2.

3.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 29 May, 2008 - 8:34am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Robert Lord Zimlich
Last updated 1 January, 2024 - 11:32am

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