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Genus Scaphoideus

Classification · Numbers · Size · Range · Remarks · Print References · Internet References
Genus Scaphoideus? Hopper at Lights - Scaphoideus Pale white - Scaphoideus leafhopper - Scaphoideus Scaphoideus Hopper - Gathering_2008 - Scaphoideus Leafhopper - Scaphoideus Scaphoideus Leafhopper 09.07.12 (2) - Scaphoideus
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 Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)
Subfamily Deltocephalinae
Genus Scaphoideus
Numbers
54 species in North America (nearctica.com)
Size
adult to 6 mm
Range
throughout North America?
also occurs coast-to-coast in Eurasia
Remarks
Guide page created based on Andy Hamilton's identification of this photo and this photo.

"Scaphoideus vectors the phytoplasma that caused elm yellows = elm phloem necrosis", according to
Gary W. Moorman
Prof. of Plant Pathology
Penn State University
Dept. of Plant Pathology
Print References
"A Revision of the Nearctic Species of the Genus Scaphoideus (Homoptera: Cicadellidae)", Douglas E. Barnett, Transactions of the American Entomological Society, Vol. 102, No. 4 (Dec., 1976), pp. 485-593 (JSTOR)
Internet References
pinned adult images of undetermined Scaphoideus species, plus other info (James Medley, Texas A&M U.)
pinned adult image of undetermined Scaphoideus species (Insects of Cedar Creek, Minnesota)
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 1 June, 2005 - 2:29pm
Additional contributions by tom murray, Vox Sciurorum
Last updated 6 August, 2009 - 6:23pm

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