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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Hoppers (Auchenorrhyncha) » Cicadomorpha » Leafhoppers and Treehoppers (Membracoidea) » Typical Treehoppers (Membracidae) » Smiliinae » Telamonini » Heliria

Genus Heliria

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Remarks · Works Cited

Telamona ampelopsidis? - Heliria cornutula

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

Superfamily Membracoidea (Leafhoppers and Treehoppers)

Family Membracidae (Typical Treehoppers)

Subfamily Smiliinae

Tribe Telamonini

Genus Heliria

Explanation of Names

Heliria Stål 1867

Numbers

11 spp. in our area(1)

Heliria clitella (Ball, 1925): AZ

Heliria cornutula (Ball, 1925): eastern U.S.

Heliria cristata (Fairmaire, 1846): eastern and central U.S. and Canada

Heliria fitchi (Ball, 1925): eastern U.S. and Canada

Heliria gemma (Ball, 1925): eastern U.S. and Canada

Heliria gibberata (Ball, 1925): eastern U.S. and Canada

Heliria molaris (Butler, 1877): eastern and central U.S. and Canada

Heliria praealta (Fowler, 1894): western U.S.; transcontinental Canada

Heliria scalaris (Fairmaire, 1846): transcontinental U.S. and Canada

Heliria sinuata (Fowler, 1896): AZ, NM

Heliria strombergi (Goding, 1893): eastern and central U.S. and Canada

Range

NA; most spp. eastern, H. praealta transcontinental (QC-AB-WA-CO), 2 spp. restricted to sw. AZ-NM(1)

Remarks

The following images are of types or are representative of the taxa in this genus. They alone should not be used for identification due to the high variability of the species of the Telamonini. Click on the images to be taken to the info page of the species. Heliria scalaris is not currently represented here, but this is one of the more readily-identifiable species.

Heliria clitella — holotype from the Smithsonian

Heliria cornutula — holotype from the Smithsonian

Heliria cristata — representative image provided by M. Wallace

Heliria fitchi — holotype from the Smithsonian

Heliria gemma — holotype from the Smithsonian

Heliria gibberata — holotype from the Smithsonian

Heliria molaris — holotype from the British Museum

Heliria praealta — holotype Telamona rubidella (synonym) from the Smithsonian

Heliria sinuata — holotype from the Smithsonian

Heliria strombergi — representative image provided by M. Wallace

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 Claude Pilon on 26 July, 2007 - 8:40pm
Additional contributions by v belov, antarctica
Last updated 14 March, 2021 - 11:44am

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