Genus Deltocephalus

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 Deltocephalini

Genus Deltocephalus

Numbers

17 spp. in our area, at least 94 spp. total

NOTE: the notation citing the taxonomic authority of the listed species may have been inputted erroneously. This is pending correction.

Deltocephalus artemisiae (Gillette & Baker, 1895): CO

Deltocephalus balli (Van Duzee, 1916): transcontinental U.S.

Deltocephalus beomus (Kramer, 1971): AZ

Deltocephalus castoreus (Ball, 1899): western U.S. and Canada

Deltocephalus fuscinervosus (Van Duzee, 1894): western U.S. and Canada

Deltocephalus gnarus (Ball, 1900): central U.S.

Deltocephalus incisurus (DeLong, 1926): Canada

Deltocephalus lineatifrons (Oman, 1931): CO

Deltocephalus minutus (Van Duzee, 1890): CA, IA

Deltocephalus mystax (Hamilton & Ross, 1975): CO

Deltocephalus nanus (Van Duzee, 1923): CA

Deltocephalus nigriventer Sanders & DeLong, 1917: central and eastern U.S. and Canada

Deltocephalus pulicaris (Fallén, 1806): eastern and central U.S. and Canada; Palearctic realm

Deltocephalus saladurus (Ball & DeLong, 1926): NV

Deltocephalus vanduzei (Gillette & Baker, 1895): transcontinental U.S. and Canada

Deltocephalus vanfus (Kramer, 1971): western U.S.

Deltocephalus zephyrius (Van Duzee, 1925): WA