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Tribe Bahitini

patterned leafhopper - Menosoma cinctum White-marked leafhopper - Menosoma cinctum Leafhopper - Menosoma cinctum cicadellid - Menosoma cinctum Menosoma stonei - male Menosoma cinctum ? - Menosoma cinctum Menosoma cincta - Menosoma cinctum Florida Leafhopper for ID - Menosoma cinctum
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 Bahitini
Explanation of Names
Bahitini Zahniser & Dietrich 2013
Numbers
2 spp. in one genus in our area, 25 genera total(1)
Range
primarily neotropical, with one sp. reaching se. Canada (QC-ON)(1)(2)
Habitat
most diverse in forested areas
Remarks
Morphologically similar to Old World Selenocephalini, though not closely related. Numerous members of Athysanini likely belong to this tribe.
Works Cited
1.Dmitriev D.A. (2003-) 3I interactive keys and taxonomic databases
2.Checklist of the Hemiptera of Canada and Alaska
Maw, H.E.L., R.G. Foottit, K.G.A. Hamilton and G.G.E. Scudder. 2000. NRC Research Press.