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Tribe Scaphoideini

Unknown Scaphoideus - Scaphoideus Scaphoideus - Scaphoideus immistus - male Scaphoideus nymph? - Scaphoideus Scaphoideus Scaphoideus Hopper - Scaphoideus Hopper sp ? - Scaphoideus Allygus mixtus ?? - Osbornellus
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 Cicadellidae (Typical Leafhoppers)
Subfamily Deltocephalinae
Tribe Scaphoideini
Explanation of Names
Scaphoideini Oman 1943
Numbers
6 genera confirmed in our area, ~60 genera worldwide(1)
Range
worldwide(1)
Habitat
forests
Food
grasses, herbaceous vegetation (woody hosts required for oviposition)
Remarks
Used to include Twiningia—molecular analysis has shown that this genus clades with Platymetopius (Athysanini).
Works Cited
1.Dmitriev D.A. (2003-) 3I interactive keys and taxonomic databases
Contributed by v belov on 29 March, 2016 - 2:35pm
Additional contributions by antarctica
Last updated 19 October, 2020 - 12:46pm

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