Species Selenacentrus wallacei

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Life Cycle · Print References

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 Centrotinae

Genus Selenacentrus

Species wallacei (Selenacentrus wallacei)

Explanation of Names

Selenacentrus wallacei Morris & Dietrich, 2016

Identification

http://treehoppers.insectmuseum.org/public/public_content/show/25526

Range

TX / n. Mex. (Morris & Dietrich, 2016)

Life Cycle

occurs on a few members of the plant family Fabaceae (Prosopis, Pithecellobium, and Acacia) in Texas and northern Mexico. (Morris & Dietrich, 2016)

Print References

Morris, B.O. and Dietrich, C.H. (2016) Hidden in plain sight: a remarkable new genus of Nearctic treehoppers (Hemiptera: Membracidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 109(3): 488-494.

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 31 March, 2016 - 9:54am
Last updated 7 August, 2017 - 10:24am

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