Treehoppers of tropical America / Membrácidos de la América tropical. By Godoy, C.; Miranda, X.; Nishida, K. INBio, Santo Domingo de Heredia, Costa Rica. 352 pp., 2006 ISBN: 9789968927109 Cite: 2220996 with citation markup [cite:2220996]
Godoy, C.; Miranda, X.; Nishida, K. 2006. Treehoppers of tropical America / Membrácidos de la América tropical. INBio, Santo Domingo de Heredia, Costa Rica. 352 pp.
Language Notes: Spanish text and English translation; translation by Christina Feeny
The first part of this field guide consists of an extensive introduction to the family Membracidae including morphology, behavior, mutualistic relationships with other organisms, and host plants. Also included are illustrated keys to the genera utilizing the form of the pronotum and illustrated taxonomic keys to the subfamilies and tribes.
In the second part, 81 genera that occur in tropical America are described and illustrated with color photographs and distribution maps.
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