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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Hoppers (Auchenorrhyncha) » Cicadas, Spittlebugs, Leafhoppers, and Treehoppers (Cicadomorpha) » Leafhoppers and Treehoppers (Membracoidea) » Typical Leafhoppers (Cicadellidae) » Deltocephalinae » Pendarini » Chlorotettix » subgenus Chlorotettix (Chlorotettix subgenus Chlorotettix) » Chlorotettix scutellatus

Species Chlorotettix scutellatus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Pendarini
Genus Chlorotettix
No Taxon (subgenus Chlorotettix)
Species scutellatus (Chlorotettix scutellatus)
Explanation of Names
Chlorotettix scutellatus Osborn, 1918
Identification
Dull straw color with a dusky transverse band on the vertex; head is rounded. There are two blackish spots/marks on each side of the scutellum that extend forward and under the pronotum, showing through. [DeLong 1919]

Det. Kyle Kittelberger, 2020
Range
Houston to c. TX to n. Mex. - Map (1)(2)
Remarks
Type Locality: Texas
Print References
Osborn, H. 1918. New species of Chlorotettix. In: DeLong's A synopsis of the genus Chlorotettix. Bulletin of the Ohio State University. 23(15): 5, 16-18.
Internet References
Species Page
Works Cited
1.General Catalogue of the Homoptera. Fascicle VI, Cicadelloidea, Part 10, Euscelidae. [In three sections].
Metcalf, Z.P. 1967. USDA, ARS, Washington, D.C. 6(10): [i-ii], i-v, 1-1077 (1968b).
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Kyle Kittelberger on 19 March, 2020 - 10:52pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 18 June, 2023 - 1:37pm

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