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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 Treehoppers (Membracidae) » Smiliinae » Acutalini » Acutalis » Acutalis tartarea

Species Acutalis tartarea

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

Mating Treehoppers - Acutalis tartarea - male - female

Acutalis tartarea (Say) - Acutalis tartarea

hopper in Smiliinae subfamily? - Acutalis tartarea

I think Acutalis tartarea? - Acutalis tartarea

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 Membracidae (Typical Treehoppers)

Subfamily Smiliinae

Tribe Acutalini

Genus Acutalis

Species tartarea (Acutalis tartarea)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Acutalis brunnea (Provancher 1872) [a light-colored form; synonymy supported by barcoding data, per K.G.A. Hamilton]; Acutalis semicrema (Say 1830) [see, e.g., Tsai & Kopp 1980]

Explanation of Names

Acutalis tartarea (Say 1830)

the epithet may allude to the mythical Tartarus, a dark, gloomy place

Size

4.0-4.5 mm(1)

Range

e. NA - Map (1)(2)(3)

Season

mostly Apr-Oct(3)

Food

Uses a variety of host plants: black locust, ragweed (Ambrosia spp.), and various species of sunflower and goldenrod, etc.

Print References

Tsai, J.H., Kopp, D.D. (1981[1980]) Life history, morphology, and taxonomy of Acutalis tartarea (Say) (Homoptera: Membracidae). J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. 88: 174–185.

Internet References

Membracidae of Florida(1)

Works Cited

1.	Rothschild M.J. (2012) A checklist of the Membracidae of Florida

2.	Richness of the Nearctic treehopper fauna (Hemiptera: Aetalionidae and Membracidae) Deitz L.L., Wallace M.S. 2012. Zootaxa 3423: 1–26.

3.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by tom murray on 8 June, 2005 - 8:15pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 27 June, 2023 - 10:55am

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