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Taxonomy
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Genus Xestocephalus

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 Aphrodinae
Tribe Xestocephalini
Genus Xestocephalus

Species brunneus - Xestocephalus brunneus
Species fulvocapitatus - Xestocephalus fulvocapitatus
Species lunatus - Xestocephalus lunatus
Species piceus - Xestocephalus piceus
Species provancheri - Xestocephalus provancheri
Species similis - Xestocephalus similis
Species superbus - Xestocephalus superbus
Species tessellatus - Xestocephalus tessellatus
Species tucsoni - Xestocephalus tucsoni
No Taxon brunneus or piceus
Species n-sp-nc - Xestocephalus Undescribed
No Taxon probable new species
No Taxon unknown species TX
No Taxon unknown species nr. provancheri