Genus Vanduzea

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Internet References · Works Cited

Black Locust Treehopper - Vanduzea arquata

Two Instars of Treehoppers - Vanduzea arquata

Early Nymphs (Vanduzea arquata)? - Vanduzea arquata

Treehoppers on mesquite - Vanduzea segmentata

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 Cicadoidea

Family Membracidae (Treehoppers)

Genus Vanduzea

Explanation of Names

Genus name is an eponym for Edward Payson Van Duzee.

Numbers

Nearctica.com and Arnett, p. 305 (1), list 5 spp.

Internet References

North Carolina State University Entomology lists for that state, with number pinned: arquata (638!), triguttata (148).

Works Cited

1.	American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico By Ross H. Arnett

Contributed by Cotinis on 1 October, 2004 - 10:39pm
Last updated 18 December, 2007 - 9:08am

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