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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
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Forcipata
Genus
Forcipata
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
Typhlocybinae (Microleafhoppers)
Tribe
Dikraneurini
Genus
Forcipata
Explanation of Names
Forcipata
DeLong & Caldwell 1942
Numbers
at least 17 species in our area, 26 total
(
1
)
Forcipata ancantha
Forcipata acclina
Forcipata calipera
Forcipata forcipata
Forcipata forficula
Forcipata frigida
Forcipata ips
Forcipata lobata
Forcipata loca
Forcipata magna
Forcipata montana
Forcipata ohioensis
Forcipata ortha
Forcipata sicula
Forcipata triquetra
Forcipata unica
Forcipata xlix
Range
holarctic
(
1
)
Food
hosts: sedges (
per Andy Hamilton
); grasses, per
(
1
)
Internet References
Taxon page
(
1
)
Works Cited
1.
Dmitriev D.A. (2003-) 3I interactive keys and taxonomic databases
Contributed by
tom murray
on 24 August, 2005 - 5:17pm
Additional contributions by
Robin McLeod
,
ceiseman
,
v belov
,
antarctica
Last updated 16 October, 2023 - 8:50pm