Genus Acinopterus

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 Acinopterini

Genus Acinopterus

Numbers

23 spp. in our area, 28 spp. total(1)

Acinopterus acuminatus Van Duzee, 1892: transcontinental U.S. to Colombia; Caribbean

Acinopterus angulatus Lawson, 1922: transcontinental U.S. to Argentina; Caribbean

Acinopterus brunneus Ball, 1903: western U.S.

Acinopterus corniger Beamer & Lawson, 1938: CA

Acinopterus excavatus Beamer & Lawson, 1938: CA

Acinopterus fuscifrons Lawson, 1931: western and central U.S.; Mexico

Acinopterus inflatus Lawson, 1927: western and central U.S.

Acinopterus inornatus (Baker, 1895): western and central U.S.

Acinopterus lawsoni Linnavuori & DeLong, 1977: western and central U.S.

Acinopterus molestus Beamer & Lawton, 1938: CA

Acinopterus morongoensis Knull, 1944: CA

Acinopterus obtutus Lawson, 1922 western and central U.S.

Acinopterus parallelus Beamer, 1944: CA

Acinopterus pennatus Beamer & Lawson, 1938: CA

Acinopterus plenus Beamer & Lawson, 1938: western and central U.S.; Mexico

Acinopterus productus Lawson, 1922: western and central U.S.

Acinopterus pulchellus Lawson, 1927: western and central U.S.; Mexico

Acinopterus quadricornis Beamer & Lawson, 1938: CA

Acinopterus rileyi Lawson, 1927: NM, TX

Acinopterus rostratus Beamer & Lawson, 1938: CA

Acinopterus rubicundus Beamer & Lawson, 1938: UT

Acinopterus rubrus Lawson, 1931: CA

Acinopterus viridis Ball, 1903: western and central U.S. and Canada, VA