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Species Texananus areolatus

Texananus (Zioninus) areolatus (Baker) - Texananus areolatus Texananus areolatus (Baker)  - Texananus areolatus Leafhopper - Texananus areolatus
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 Phlepsiini
Genus Texananus
No Taxon (Subgenus Texananus)
Species areolatus (Texananus areolatus)
Other Common Names
Pale Spotted Texan Leafhopper
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Texananus areolatus (Baker)
Orig. Comb: Phlepsius areolatus Baker 1898
Size
6 mm
Range
Great Plains (TX-KS-IL) - Map (1)
Typical prairie species found only in areas of prairie in the central states, particularly those in the Mississippi and Missouri valleys (2)
Habitat
Prairies
Print References
Baker, C.F. (1898) Four new species of Phlepsius. The Canadian Entomologist 30: 30–32.
Works Cited
1.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
2.A review of the North American species of Texananus (Homoptera-Cicadellidae) north of Mexico.
DeLong, D.M. & R.V. Hershberger. 1949. Ohio Journal of Science 49(5): 173-187. 1949. Ohio Journal of Science.