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Species Prosapia ignipecta - Red-legged Spittlebug

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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 Cercopidae (Froghoppers)
Genus Prosapia
Species ignipecta (Red-legged Spittlebug)
Other Common Names
Black Spittlebug (1)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Prosapia ignipecta (Fitch, 1856)
Size
circa 8 mm (1)
Identification
To distinguish from black form of Prosapia bicincta, note the bright red coxae:
Life Cycle
Associated with a native grass, Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium). Nymphs are usually hidden under soil surface (1).
See Also
Prosapia bicincta - Two-lined Spittlebug (note black form)
Print References
Marshall, photos 144.4 (adult), 144.5 (nymph) (1)
Internet References
Psyche. Abrupt Geographical Transition between Aposematic Color Forms in the Spittlebug Prosapia ignipectus (Fitch) (Hemiptera: Cercopidae)
Works Cited
1.Insects: Their Natural History And Diversity: With a Photographic Guide to Insects of Eastern North America
Stephen A. Marshall. 2006. Firefly Books Ltd.
Contributed by tom murray on 31 August, 2005 - 1:09pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Beatriz Moisset, ceiseman, antarctica
Last updated 24 October, 2020 - 6:22pm

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