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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Hoppers (Auchenorrhyncha) » Cicadas, Spittlebugs, Leafhoppers, and Treehoppers (Cicadomorpha) » Leafhoppers and Treehoppers (Membracoidea) » Typical Leafhoppers (Cicadellidae) » Deltocephalinae » Macrostelini

Tribe Macrostelini

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Food · Works Cited
Leafhopper IMG_2323 - Macrosteles Balclutha Balclutha sp. - Balclutha Balclutha - female Balclutha incisa? - Balclutha Leafhopper - Macrosteles Balclutha - male Bouteloua? - Balclutha
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 Macrostelini
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Balcluthini Baker 1915, Gnathodini Baker 1915, Coryphaelini Nast 1972
Explanation of Names
Macrostelini Kirkaldy 1906
Numbers
TBA spp. in at least 9 genera in our area, >300 spp. in ~40 genera total(1)
not yet n the guide: Balolina Knight & Webb 1988, Cicadulina China 1926, Sagatus Ribaut 1948
Range
cosmopolitan
Food
wide variety of hosts, but mostly grasses and sedges
Works Cited
1.Dmitriev D.A. (2003-) 3I interactive keys and taxonomic databases
Contributed by v belov on 1 October, 2011 - 10:02pm
Additional contributions by antarctica
Last updated 1 July, 2023 - 9:52pm

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