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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 » Macrostelini » Macrosteles

Genus Macrosteles

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Works Cited

Leafhopper - Macrosteles quadrilineatus - female

Macrosteles - Macrosteles lepidus - male

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 Macrostelini

Genus Macrosteles

Explanation of Names

Macrosteles Fieber 1866

Numbers

at least 62 species in our area [30 in Canada alone(1)], >80 spp. total(2)

No Taxon fieberi complex

Macrosteles fieberi

subspecies Macrosteles fieberi affinis

Macrosteles similis

No Taxon laevis complex

Macrosteles laevis

No Taxon quadrilineatus complex

Macrosteles alpinus

Macrosteles arizonus

Macrosteles bandii

Macrosteles canadensis

Macrosteles claridgei

Macrosteles denhollanderi

Macrosteles elegans

Macrosteles glacialis

Macrosteles hastatus

Macrosteles ignarus

Macrosteles insignis

Macrosteles inundatus

Macrosteles jussiaeae

Macrosteles lineatifrons

Macrosteles newickus

Macrosteles nielsoni

Macrosteles occidentalis

Macrosteles omani

Macrosteles oregonensis

Macrosteles pallidus

Macrosteles provoensis

Macrosteles quadrilineatus (Aster Leafhopper)

Macrosteles scriptus

Macrosteles separatus

Macrosteles severini

Macrosteles superior

Macrosteles tesselatus

Macrosteles validus

Macrosteles vilbastei

Macrosteles vulgaris

Macrosteles wilsoni

No Taxon sordidipennis complex

Macrosteles hamiltoni

Macrosteles manitobanus

No Taxon variatus complex

Macrosteles frigidus

Macrosteles galeae

Macrosteles longicornis

Macrosteles parvidens

Macrosteles patruelis

Macrosteles serratus

Macrosteles texanus

Macrosteles urticae

Macrosteles borealis

Macrosteles bifurcatus

Macrosteles curvatus

Macrosteles divisus

Macrosteles elongatus

Macrosteles frontalis

Macrosteles guttatus

Macrosteles hizemus

Macrosteles informis

Macrosteles jungsukae

Macrosteles lagus

Macrosteles lepidus

Macrosteles obsoletus

Macrosteles potorius

Macrosteles rotundicornis

Macrosteles skalkahiensis

Macrosteles slossoni

Macrosteles wahnapitae

Range

mostly n. hemisphere(2)

Works Cited

1.	Checklist of the Hemiptera of Canada and Alaska Maw, H.E.L., R.G. Foottit, K.G.A. Hamilton and G.G.E. Scudder. 2000. NRC Research Press.

2.	Dmitriev D.A. (2003-) 3I interactive keys and taxonomic databases

Contributed by tom murray on 17 June, 2005 - 5:02pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, v belov, TurtleDude, antarctica
Last updated 16 October, 2023 - 11:32am

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