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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » Free-living Hemipterans (Auchenorrhyncha) » Cicadoidea » Treehoppers (Membracidae) » Ophiderma
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Treehopper - Atymna - Ophiderma - male
Copyright © 2009 Tom Bentley

Treehopper - Atymna - Ophiderma - Male
Reed-Turner Woodland Nature Preserve, Lake County, Illinois, USA
June 9, 2009
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Contributed by Tom Bentley on 11 June, 2009 - 12:08am
Last updated 26 August, 2009 - 8:57pm

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… Tom Bentley, 26 August, 2009 - 8:56pm login or register to post comments

Ophiderma flava?
Chris Dietrich thinks this might be "a male Ophiderma evelyna, although the color seems a bit atypical" which is putting it mildly; and anyway, yours seems to have the long abdomen of a female.

Earlier, Chris had sent me a photo of a female O. flava that has a similar mid-dorsal ridge and color, but the crest seems higher in front than in your picture.

I think you should watch for other specimens, and if possible, a nymph as well.
… Andy Hamilton, 26 August, 2009 - 7:30am login or register to post comments

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… Tom Bentley, 12 June, 2009 - 1:28pm login or register to post comments

Atymna
Ophiderma don't have that distinct ridge down the back. On the other hand, I've never seen anything this color. I'll have to ask an expert.
… Andy Hamilton, 12 June, 2009 - 12:47pm login or register to post comments

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