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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 » Scaphytopiini » Scaphytopius » subgenus Scaphytopius (Scaphytopius subgenus Scaphytopius) » Scaphytopius elegans

Species Scaphytopius elegans

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Print 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 Membracoidea (Leafhoppers and Treehoppers)
Family Cicadellidae (Typical Leafhoppers)
Subfamily Deltocephalinae
Tribe Scaphytopiini
Genus Scaphytopius
No Taxon (subgenus Scaphytopius)
Species elegans (Scaphytopius elegans)
Explanation of Names
Scaphytopius elegans (Van Duzee 1890)
Identification

Det. Kyle Kittelberger, 2015
Range
s. US (CA-AZ, OK-TX-LA, FL, NC) / Mex. - Map (1)(2)(2)
Season
mostly: Mar-Oct (2)
Food
common on oaks (Quercus) (1), particularly on Quercus fusiformis in Texas (3)
Print References
Musgrave C.A. (1979) Scaphytopius in Florida (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). FL Dept. Ag. Ent. Circ. 204. 3 pp. (1)
Van Duzee, E.P. (1890) New California Homoptera. Entomologica Americana. A Journal of Entomology 6: 91–96.
Works Cited
1.Scaphytopius in Florida (Homoptera: Cicadellidae).
Musgrave C.A. 1979. FL Dept. Ag. Ent. Circ. 204. 3 pp.
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
3.Abundance and distribution of potential arthropod prey species in a typical Golden-cheeked Warbler habitat.
Quinn, M.A. 2000. Unpublished Thesis. Texas A&M University, College Station. ix + 182 pp.
Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 5 November, 2008 - 3:47pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Vox Sciurorum, v belov
Last updated 11 June, 2023 - 11:01am

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