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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 » Shovelhead Leafhoppers (Hecalini) » Hecalina » Neohecalus

Genus Neohecalus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Works Cited
Hecalus or Neohecalus lineatus - Neohecalus lineatus - male Leafhopper - Neohecalus lineatus - female Neohecalus lineatus - male Neohecalus lineatus - female Neohecalus on Prairie Cord Grass, dorsal - Neohecalus magnificus - female Neohecalus lineatus - male CASTYPE 02176 - Neohecalus apicalis - female Unknown bug (leafhopper?) - Neohecalus lineatus - male
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 Hecalini (Shovelhead Leafhoppers)
Subtribe Hecalina
Genus Neohecalus
Explanation of Names
Neohecalus Linnavuori 1975
Numbers
4 spp., all in our area(1)
NOTE: the notation citing the taxonomic authority of the listed species may have been inputted erroneously. This is pending correction.
Neohecalus apicalis (Van Duzee, 1909): FL, GA
Neohecalus constrictus (DeLong, 1938): FL
Neohecalus lineatus (Uhler, 1877): eastern to central U.S.
Neohecalus magnificus (Hamilton, 2000)
Works Cited
1.Dmitriev D.A. (2003-) 3I interactive keys and taxonomic databases
Contributed by Claude Pilon on 29 July, 2008 - 4:11pm
Additional contributions by v belov, antarctica
Last updated 29 March, 2021 - 9:19pm

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