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Genus Xyphon

hopper nymph - Xyphon hopper - Xyphon flaviceps Xyphon flaviceps In June - Xyphon flaviceps Cicadellidae - Xyphon reticulatum Xyphon - Xyphon reticulatum Xyphon - Xyphon reticulatum Xyphon reticulatum Xyphon fulgidum
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 Cicadellinae (Sharpshooters)
Tribe Cicadellini
Genus Xyphon
Explanation of Names
Xyphon Hamilton 1985
Numbers
7 spp., 6 in our area(1)
NOTE: the notation citing the taxonomic authority of the listed species may have been inputted erroneously. This is pending correction.
Xyphon flaviceps (Riley, 1880): U.S. east of NM; Mexico
Xyphon fulgidum (Nottingham 1932): CA
Xyphon gillettei (Ball 1901): CO, AZ
Xyphon nudum (Nottingham 1932): southwestern U.S.; Mexico
Xyphon reticulatum (Signoret 1854): transcontinental U.S. to Central America; found in Brazil; introduced in Caribbean and Oceana
Xyphon triguttatum (Nottingham 1932): southwestern U.S.\
extralimital species
Xyphon spadice (Catanach & Dietrich, 2013): Mexico
Identification
key to spp. in(1)
Works Cited
1.A revision of the New World sharpshooter genus Xyphon Hamilton (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellinae)
Catanach T.A., Dietrich C.H., Woolley J.B. 2013. Zootaxa 3741: 490-510.