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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 Treehoppers (Membracidae) » Smiliinae » Smiliini » Ophiderma » Ophiderma evelyna

Species Ophiderma evelyna

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

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 Membracidae (Typical Treehoppers)

Subfamily Smiliinae

Tribe Smiliini

Genus Ophiderma

Species evelyna (Ophiderma evelyna)

Explanation of Names

Ophiderma evelyna Woodruff 1919

Size

♀ 7 mm, ♂ 6 mm(1), the largest species in the genus

Range

e. US - Map (1)(2)(3)(4)

Season

mostly: Apr-June (BG data)

Food

Feeds on oaks(1)

Remarks

Author is Lewis Bartholomew Woodruff (1 January 1868 New York City, New York - 27 November 1925 Torrington, Connecticut)--see Davis (1926). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 34: 23-25 (BHL link). Seems likely he was related (son?) to the prominent judge Lewis Bartholomew Woodruff (June 19, 1809 – September 10, 1875).

Print References

A Review of Our Local Species of the Membracid Genus Ophiderma Fairm. (Hemip.-Homop.). Lewis B. Woodruff. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, Vol. 27, No. 4 (Dec., 1919), pp. 249-260 (https://www.jstor.org/stable/25003862)

Internet References

Hoppers of North Carolina

Maryland Biodiversity Project

GBIF

Works Cited

1.	Rothschild M.J. (2012) A checklist of the Membracidae of Florida

2.	Richness of the Nearctic treehopper fauna (Hemiptera: Aetalionidae and Membracidae) Deitz L.L., Wallace M.S. 2012. Zootaxa 3423: 1–26.

3.	Hamilton K.G.A. (1996) "Short-Horned" Bugs (Homoptera-Auchenorrhyncha) [Mixedwood Plains Ecozone]

4.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 27 May, 2009 - 10:05am
Additional contributions by cotinis, Mike Quinn, Graham M, v belov, marcie oconnor
Last updated 4 December, 2023 - 2:01pm

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