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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) » Membracinae » Membracini » Tylopelta » Tylopelta gibbera
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Treehopper - Tylopelta gibbera
Copyright © 2009 Sam Houston

Treehopper - Tylopelta gibbera
Sand Springs, Osage County, Oklahoma, USA
July 27, 2009
Size: 3mm (1/8")
Please help with ID.
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Contributed by Sam Houston on 28 July, 2009 - 2:08pm
Last updated 29 July, 2009 - 8:38am

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Moved from Treehoppers.
… Lynette Elliott, 29 July, 2009 - 8:38am login or register to post comments

Tylopelta gibbera
There is some doubt about whether there is only one species in North America, or two; but in either case, yours is the first record of this genus from any state between Texas and Florida!

Note the very broad front legs, which are similar to those of Campylenchia (Membracini).

If you think that this is wonderful, just wait til you see the nymph!
… Andy Hamilton, 29 July, 2009 - 7:41am login or register to post comments

 
....
I put in a request for a page to be created for it.

Thanks Dr. Hamilton!
… Sam Houston, 29 July, 2009 - 8:08am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Lynette Elliott, 28 July, 2009 - 3:13pm login or register to post comments

What a strange Membracid!
Wonder if the crest is not completely raised yet, but the color seems to indicate a fully adult hopper. There are some interesting similarities with and , but...

It will be interesting to see what Dr Hamilton has to say about this beauty. Hope you have more images!
… john and jane balaban, 28 July, 2009 - 2:30pm login or register to post comments

 
Adult.
Oh, it's an adult, it has wings....Knowing host plant could go a long way to getting this ID'd as well.
… Eric R. Eaton, 28 July, 2009 - 2:43pm login or register to post comments

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