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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) » Spittlebugs (Cercopoidea) » Typical Spittlebugs (Aphrophoridae) » Aphrophorinae » Ptyelini » Cephisus » Cephisus variolosus

Species Cephisus variolosus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · 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 Cercopoidea (Spittlebugs)
Family Aphrophoridae (Typical Spittlebugs)
Subfamily Aphrophorinae
Tribe Ptyelini
Genus Cephisus
Species variolosus (Cephisus variolosus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Cephisus variolosus (Walker), reinstated
Orig. Comb: Ptyelus variolosus Walker, 1858
Cephisus siccifolius [sic]: Stål, 1866: 384 (incorrect synonymy).? Cephisus siccifolius cubanus Metcalf & Bruner, 1944: 112.
Identification
very variable in color
Range
AZ, s. TX to Panama / Cuba - Map (Hamilton, 2012)(1)
Remarks
Hamilton (2012) notes that variolosus is highly variable in color, size, robustness and angularity of crown and therefore likely represents a biological species complex, with preliminary molecular studies supporting this. Additional work is needed to shed some light on this species complex.
Print References
Hamilton, A. (2012) Revision of Neotropical aphrophorine spittlebugs, part 1: Ptyelini (Hemiptera, Cercopoidea), Zootaxa 3497: 41-59.
Internet References
Species Profile - Zenodo
Works Cited
1.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Kyle Kittelberger on 9 July, 2020 - 9:37pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 8 June, 2023 - 7:39pm

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