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Genus Micrutalis

Acutalis brunnea? - Micrutalis calva Treehopper - Micrutalis dorsalis Treehopper - Micrutalis calva tiny leafhopper with black hump style shell - Micrutalis calva Treehopper - Micrutalis calva Hopper insect on Mexican Hat stem - Micrutalis Treehopper - Micrutalis?   - Micrutalis Micrutalis calva
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 Micrutalini
Genus Micrutalis
Explanation of Names
Micrutalis (Fowler, 1895)
Numbers
6 spp. in our area(1)
Micrutalis calva (Say, 1830): transcontinental U.S., eastern Canada
Micrutalis dorsalis (Fitch, 1851): transcontinental U.S., eastern Canada
Micrutalis flava (Goding, 1929): UT
Micrutalis malleifera (Fowler, 1895): FL, NC
Micrutalis occidentalis (Goding, 1893): southwestern U.S., IA, KS, MI
Micrutalis parva (Goding, 1893): AZ, CA
Range
e. NA to Calif. / Mex. to S. Amer. - Map (2)(3)
Life Cycle
not attended by ants (2)
Remarks
M. malleifera transmits a viral pathogen that causes pseudo-curly top disease in eggplants and other Solanaceae(4)
Print References
Wheeler Jr., A.G. and D.J. Flynn 2021. First U.S. Records of the Mistletoe-Associated Micrutalis discalis (Walker) (Hemiptera: Membracidae), Description of the Male, and Redescription of the Female. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 123(3): 652-664.
Flynn, D.J. and A.G. Wheeler, Jr. 2016. Micrutalis pallens Fowler (Hemiptera: Membracidae): First U.S. Records, Host-Plant Association, Description of Male, and Redescription of Female. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 118(3), 345-353,
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