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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » Free-living Hemipterans (Auchenorrhyncha) » Planthoppers (Fulgoroidea) » Derbid Planthoppers (Derbidae)

Family Derbidae - Derbid Planthoppers

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planthopper - Cedusa maculata Cedusa - male Cedusa - male - female I am at a loss? - Otiocerus degeeri I am at a loss? - Otiocerus degeeri Derbidae - Amalopota uhleri Open winged Fulgorid. - Mysidia mississippiensis Fulgorid, Otioceras ssp.? - Otiocerus coquebertii
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 Derbidae (Derbid Planthoppers)
Remarks
"Nymphs of Derbidae feed on fungi. Adults just seem to hang around on vegetation waiting on others passing by." --Andy Hamilton
Print References
Van Duzee, E. P., Observations on Some Northern Derbidae, The Canadian Entomologist, Volume XIX, January 1887.
Internet References
Insects of West Virginia: Derbidae

Biodiversity Heritage Library: Derbidae
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 28 September, 2004 - 5:16pm
Additional contributions by Mike Boone, Stephen Cresswell, ceiseman
Last updated 20 October, 2009 - 10:42pm

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