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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 Leafhoppers (Cicadellidae) » Deltocephalinae » Deltocephalini » Sanctanus

Genus Sanctanus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Season · Internet References · Works Cited
Nice Pattern - Sanctanus sanctus Sanctanus cruciatus Leafhopper - Sanctanus brown hopper at light - Sanctanus cruciatus Sanctanus cruciatus Deltocephalinae - Sanctanus tectus Sanctanus balli? - Sanctanus balli Sanctanus
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 Deltocephalinae
Tribe Deltocephalini
Genus Sanctanus
Explanation of Names
Sanctanus Ball 1932
Numbers
10 spp. in our area, 23 total, arranged in 2 subgenera(1)
NOTE: the notation citing the taxonomic authority of the listed species may have been inputted erroneously. This is pending correction.
subgenus Cruciatanus
Sanctanus cruciatus (Osborn, 1911): eastern U.S.
subgenus Sanctanus
Sanctanus sanctus (Say, 1830): eastern U.S.
subgenus Incertae sedis
Sanctanus aestuarium (DeLong & Sleesman, 1929): DE, GA, NC
Sanctanus balli (Beamer, 1938): AZ
Sanctanus eburneus (DeLong, 1924): MS
Sanctanus fasciatus (Osborn, 1900): eastern U.S. to Brazil
Sanctanus fusconotatus (Osborn, 1922): LA
Sanctanus limicolus (Osborn, 1922): FL
Sanctanus orbiculatus (Ball, 1932): AZ
Sanctanus tectus (Oman, 1934): southeastern U.S.
Range
e. US to AZ / Mex. to Bolivia & Brazil(1)
Season
mostly: May-Sept (BG data)
Internet References
Taxon page(1)
Works Cited
1.Dmitriev D.A. (2003-) 3I interactive keys and taxonomic databases
Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 22 September, 2005 - 4:08pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov, antarctica
Last updated 29 March, 2021 - 9:17pm

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