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Genus Microcentrus

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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 Membracoidea (Leafhoppers and Treehoppers)
Family Membracidae (Typical Treehoppers)
Subfamily Centrotinae
Tribe Microcentrini
Genus Microcentrus
Explanation of Names
Microcentrus Stål 1869
Numbers
5 spp. in our area(1)
Range
QC‒ON‒SD to FL‒TX‒AZ & Mesoamerica(1)
Food
Host plants: Quercus, Carya(2)
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.Deitz L.L., Wallace M.S. (team leaders), et al. (2010‒) Treehoppers: Aetalionidae, Melizoderidae, and Membracidae (Hemiptera)
Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 12 December, 2005 - 11:52am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 26 August, 2024 - 6:24pm

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