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Subfamily Membracinae

Thorn Treehopper? - Umbonia crassicornis - male Platycotis tuberculata again? - Platycotis minax Unknown insect - Enchenopa on-cercis-canadensis Treehopper - Platycotis vittata Treehopper - Enchenopa Enchenopa latipes - male Philya ferruginosa? - Philya ferruginosa Enchenopa on-prunus - Enchenopa on-prunus-serotina
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 Membracidae (Typical Treehoppers)
Subfamily Membracinae
Explanation of Names
Membracinae Rafinesque 1815
Numbers
~35 spp. in 11-13 genera of 4 tribes in our area(1), _ spp. in 42 genera of 5 tribes total(2)
Range
New World: throughout most of the temperate and tropical regions(2)
Works Cited
1.Richness of the Nearctic treehopper fauna (Hemiptera: Aetalionidae and Membracidae)
Deitz L.L., Wallace M.S. 2012. Zootaxa 3423: 1–26.
2.Deitz L.L., Wallace M.S. (team leaders), et al. (2010-) Treehoppers: Aetalionidae, Melizoderidae, and Membracidae (Hemiptera)
Contributed by v belov on 23 November, 2012 - 11:30am
Last updated 17 July, 2015 - 11:04am

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