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Genus Publilia

Ruraldale Publilia - Publilia reticulata

Entylia carinata adults with larvae? - Publilia concava

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 Smiliinae

Tribe Polyglyptini

Genus Publilia

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

will likely be sunk into Entylia as a subgenus (Dr Hamilton)

Explanation of Names

Publilia Stål 1866

Numbers

5 spp. in our area(1)

Publilia concava (Say 1824): transcontinental U.S., Canada; Mexico

Publilia erecta (Plummer 1935): AZ; Mexico

Publilia modesta (Uhler 1872): western U.S. into NY, Canada; Mexico

Publilia porrecta (Fowler 1896): AZ, UT

Publilia reticulata (Van Duzee, 1908): eastern U.S. and Canada

Range

New World, incl. most of our area north to NS-NT-WA(1)(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 Robin McLeod on 22 January, 2005 - 1:17am
Additional contributions by cotinis, Ted Kropiewnicki, ceiseman, v belov, antarctica
Last updated 12 January, 2021 - 12:46pm

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