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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 » Buffalo Treehoppers and allies (Ceresini) » Stictocephala

Genus Stictocephala

torina, or alta? - Stictocephala bisonia

buffalo treehopper - Stictocephala diceros

9024424 Membracid - Stictocephala diceros

Ceresa alta - Buffalo Treehopper - Stictocephala

Maybe Stictocephala brevitylus? - Stictocephala brevitylus

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 Ceresini (Buffalo Treehoppers and allies)

Genus Stictocephala

Explanation of Names

Stictocephala Stål 1869

Numbers

17 spp. in our area(1) (some of the spp. recognized in the guide seem to have been synonymized)

Stictocephala albescens (Van Duzee, 1908)

Stictocephala alta (Walker, 1851)

Stictocephala basalis (Walker, 1851)

Stictocephala bisonia (Kopp & Yonke, 1977)

Stictocephala brevicornis (Fitch, 1856)

Stictocephala brevis (Walker, 1851)

Stictocephala brevitylus (Van Duzee, 1908)

Stictocephala diceros (Say, 1824)

Stictocephala diminuta Van Duzee, 1908

Stictocephala lutea (Walker, 1851)

Stictocephala militaris (Gibson & Wells, 1917)

Stictocephala nervosa Buckton, 1903

Stictocephala palmeri (Van Duzee, 1908)

Stictocephala stimulea (Van Duzee, 1914)

Stictocephala substriata (Walker, 1851)

Stictocephala taurina (Fitch, 1856)

Stictocephala tauriniformis Caldwell, 1949

Stictocephala viridis Goding, 1892

Identification

Nymphs are unique in having long forward-pointing plumes

Remarks

this genus, along with the rest of the tribe is a taxonomic mess. a few of the species have images that are placed provisionally and will require further vetting down the road.

Works Cited

1.	Richness of the Nearctic treehopper fauna (Hemiptera: Aetalionidae and Membracidae) Deitz L.L., Wallace M.S. 2012. Zootaxa 3423: 1–26.

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 22 January, 2005 - 2:27am
Additional contributions by cotinis, john and jane balaban, Beatriz Moisset, David Ferguson, ceiseman, v belov, antarctica
Last updated 5 May, 2025 - 10:44am

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