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Tribe Erythroneurini

leafhopper - Erasmoneura vulnerata Leafhopper - Erythroneura comes - male Probable Eratoneura - Eratoneura Leafhopper - Erythroneura bakeri - male Erythridula electa Erasmoneura vulnerata Erythroneura calycula Erythridula - 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 Typhlocybinae (Microleafhoppers)
Tribe Erythroneurini
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
genera revised in(1)
Numbers
~500 spp. in 15 genera in our area, almost 500 genera worldwide(2)
includes these genera in our area: Alnetoidia, Erasmoneura, Eratoneura, Erythridula, Erythroneura, Hepzygina, Hymetta, Illinigina, Mexigina, Neoimbecilla, Neozygina, Rossmoneura, Tautoneura, Zygina, Zyginama
Size
2.2–4.2 mm(2)
Identification
External features, markings and colors can be misleading when trying to ID species
Range
worldwide(2)
Remarks
All Erythroneurine leafhoppers are yellow-marked in late summer and fall, most not attaining red until the spring --A.K.G. Hamilton
Works Cited
1.Review of the New World genera of the leafhopper tribe Erythroneurini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae)
Dietrich C.H., Dmitriev D.A. 2006. Illinois Natural History Survey Bulletin 37(5): 119-190.
2.Dmitriev D.A. (2003-) 3I interactive keys and taxonomic databases
Contributed by v belov on 16 May, 2011 - 6:08pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, Robert Lord Zimlich, TurtleDude, antarctica
Last updated 18 October, 2023 - 1:50pm

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