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Genus Lepyronia

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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 Cloviini

Genus Lepyronia

Explanation of Names

Lepyronia Amyot & Serville 1843

Numbers

4 spp. in our area(1), 16 total(2)

Works Cited

1.	American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.

2.	Soulier-Perkins A. (2007-) Cercopoidea organised on line

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by v belov, antarctica
Last updated 13 November, 2021 - 12:13pm

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