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Family Fulgoridae - Fulgorid Planthoppers

Fulgorid Planthopper - Cyrpoptus reineckei

Spittlebug? Prosapia? - Poblicia fuliginosa

Itzalana submaculata Schmidt - Itzalana submaculata

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)

Suborder Auchenorrhyncha (Free-living Hemipterans)

Superfamily Fulgoroidea (Planthoppers)

Family Fulgoridae (Fulgorid Planthoppers)

Numbers

18 species in 7 genera in North America (nearctica.com)

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 22 September, 2004 - 9:52pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod
Last updated 6 March, 2006 - 8:13pm

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