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sayi group

black planthopper? of inland barren dunes new Image 3 of 4 same Individual - Cuerna Cicadellidae, dorsal - Cuerna Cicadellidae, ventral - Cuerna Cuerna sp. SHARPSHOOTER - Cuerna fenestella Pure black Cuerna - Cuerna n-sp-ok-i INHS 695,191 - Cuerna sayi Another black Cuerna - Cuerna n-sp-ok-i Another black Cuerna - Cuerna n-sp-ok-i
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 Cicadellinae (Sharpshooters)
Tribe Proconiini
Genus Cuerna
No Taxon sayi group
Remarks
Per the 2015 revision on the genus, these two species are almost visually identical. They have the same color as well as the same range. Males can be distinguished through dissection, females can be distinguished by looking at the macrosetae on the metatibia: in fenestella, this hair is short and curved, in sayi it is long and curved.
Contributed by Kyle Kittelberger on 30 March, 2020 - 10:06am
Additional contributions by antarctica
Last updated 27 April, 2023 - 10:32pm

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