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Species Stictocephala taurina

Membracidae > Ceresa - Stictocephala taurina

Buffalo Treehopper - Stictocephala taurina

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 Ceresini (Buffalo Treehoppers and allies)

Genus Stictocephala

Species taurina (Stictocephala taurina)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Ceresa taurina (Fitch)

Orig. Comb: Membracis taurina Fitch, 1856

Syn: Stictocephala taurina (Fitch)

Explanation of Names

taurina = 'little bull'

Size

7.5 mm

Identification

Prominent pale spots on the crest, horns narrower and front less broad than C. alta --Dr Hamilton

Range

e NA to AZ (AZ-MS-NC-NS-MB) - Map (1)(2) + WA (BG data)

Season

Jun-Oct (BG data)

Food

polyphagous

Print References

Funkhouser, W.D. 1917. Biology of the Membracidae of the Cayuga Lake Basin. Mem. Cornell Univ. Agric. Exp. Stn. 2: 17545. (Full text)

Works Cited

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

2.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 7 September, 2005 - 9:26pm
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, Mike Quinn, v belov, antarctica
Last updated 21 April, 2023 - 6:39pm

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