Species Lepyronia angulifera

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Works Cited

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 Cercopoidea (Spittlebugs)

Family Aphrophoridae (Typical Spittlebugs)

Subfamily Aphrophorinae

Tribe Cloviini

Genus Lepyronia

Species angulifera (Lepyronia angulifera)

Explanation of Names

Lepyronia angulifera Uhler, 1876

Identification

A small spittle bug with the usual "diamond-back" pattern of the genus, but with a shorter and declivous [sloping downward toward the tip] top of the head ("crown") than other related species. Has shorter and more convex front than the Diamondbacked spittlebug (Lepyronia quadrangularis), with comparatively broader wings. [composite of several comments by Andy Hamilton]

Range

scattered e. US records / Cuba - Map (1)

This is usually taken along the Atlantic coast, from NJ to the Caribbean islands, but a few isolated populations live in marshes in Michigan. This image from southern NY (just west of CT) represents a new state record, and was the furthest north that this coastal species had been found until this one from Burlington, Vermont. Records from Michigan refer to an undescribed species or subspecies. [composite of several comments by Andy Hamilton]

Works Cited

1.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 3 July, 2006 - 6:30pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, ceiseman, v belov, antarctica
Last updated 18 February, 2023 - 1:13pm

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