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Genus Atanus

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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 Athysanini
No Taxon (incertae sedis)
Genus Atanus
Explanation of Names
Atanus Oman, 1938
Numbers
7 spp. in our area, ~50 total(1)
Atanus atascasus (Ball, 1936): AZ
Atanus gracilis DeLong, 1978: TN
Atanus laminus DeLong, 1978: FL, GA
Atanus perspicillatus (Osborn & Ball, 1897): eastern U.S.
Atanus rubralineus (DeLong, 1924): FL
Atanus tenuis DeLong, 1978: IN
Atanus texanus DeLong, 1978: TX
Range
US (widespread) to Chile & Argentina(1)
Remarks
Recorded from Ulmus
Works Cited
1.Dmitriev D.A. (2003-) 3I interactive keys and taxonomic databases
Contributed by Stephen_WV on 23 October, 2007 - 4:24pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov, TurtleDude, antarctica
Last updated 1 July, 2023 - 1:31pm

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