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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Hoppers (Auchenorrhyncha) » Cicadas, Spittlebugs, Leafhoppers, and Treehoppers (Cicadomorpha) » Leafhoppers and Treehoppers (Membracoidea) » Typical Treehoppers (Membracidae) » Smiliinae » Smiliini » Smilia » Camel Treehopper (Smilia camelus)

Species Smilia camelus - Camel Treehopper

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Season · Food · Internet References · Works Cited
Tree hopper - Smilia camelus - male Treehopper - Smilia camelus Smilia camelus (Fabricius) - Smilia camelus Treehopper 12 - Smilia camelus Treehopper on white oak - Smilia camelus Smilia camelus Membracidae, lateral - Smilia camelus Nymph - Smilia camelus
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 Smiliini
Genus Smilia
Species camelus (Camel Treehopper)
Explanation of Names
Smilia camelus (Fabricius 1803)
camelus (G). 'camel' (1)
Size
♀ 9 mm, ♂ 8 mm(2)
Range
e NA, CA (TX-FL-QC-MN, CA) - Map (3)(GBIF)
Season
mostly Mar-June (4),(BG & GBIF data)
Food
Oaks (Quercus)(2)
Internet References
Membracidae of Florida(2)
Works Cited
1.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.
2.Rothschild M.J. (2012) A checklist of the Membracidae of Florida
3.Richness of the Nearctic treehopper fauna (Hemiptera: Aetalionidae and Membracidae)
Deitz L.L., Wallace M.S. 2012. Zootaxa 3423: 1–26.
4.Abundance and distribution of potential arthropod prey species in a typical Golden-cheeked Warbler habitat.
Quinn, M.A. 2000. Unpublished Thesis. Texas A&M University, College Station. ix + 182 pp.
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 22 January, 2005 - 2:15am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 10 April, 2021 - 12:58pm

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