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nervatus group

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Leafhopper - Idiocerus nervatus Leafhopper - Idiocerus Green leafhopper with red eyes - Idiocerus Idiocerus ? - Idiocerus Leafhopper - Idiocerus Leafhopper - Idiocerus Leafhopper - Idiocerus CNC#HEM405766 - Idiocerus taxodium

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 Eurymelinae
Tribe Idiocerini
Genus Idiocerus
No Taxon nervatus group

Numbers

15 species
Idiocerus amabilis Ball, 1902
Idiocerus amoemus Van Duzee, 1894
Idiocerus balli Freytag, 1965
Idiocerus concinnus Ball, 1902
Idiocerus depictus Ball, 1902
Idiocerus laribaeus Bliven, 1954
Idiocerus nervatus Van Duzee, 1894
Idiocerus pericallis Hamilton, 1980
Idiocerus pictus Van Duzee, 1917
Idiocerus pyramidatus DeLong & Caldwell, 1937
Idiocerus rossi Freytag, 1965
Idiocerus shivelyanus Bliven, 1954
Idiocerus taxodium DeLong, 1924
Idiocerus texanus Freytag, 1965
Idiocerus verticis (Say, 1831)

Identification

"Crown of head unmarked. Gonopore placed above bases of lateral spines; costal margin of tegmen smooth, not deflected." (Hamilton, 1980)
Contributed by Solomon V. Hendrix on 10 May, 2022 - 11:57am
Last updated 24 October, 2025 - 12:17pm

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