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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Hoppers (Auchenorrhyncha) » Planthoppers (Fulgoromorpha) » Fulgoroidea » Tropiduchid Planthoppers (Tropiduchidae) » Elicini » Misodema » Misodema reticulata

Species Misodema reticulata

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Food · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Fulgoromorpha (Planthoppers)
Superfamily Fulgoroidea
Family Tropiduchidae (Tropiduchid Planthoppers)
Tribe Elicini
Genus Misodema
Species reticulata (Misodema reticulata)
Explanation of Names
Misodema reticulata Melichar 1906
Numbers
1 sp. n. of Mex.(1)
Identification
Misodema can be recognized among the Gaetuliini by:
the forewings not strap-like, covering the abdomen;
forewing opaque, elongate, costal margin nearly straight;
vertex obtusely produced for distance nearly equal to width of eye;
hind tibiae with 4 lateral spines.(1)
Range
AZ, TX - Map (1)(2), most records from the Edwards Plateau of c. TX
Food
None reported(1)
Remarks
most records from c. TX (BG data)
See Also
easily mistaken for Issidae(1)
Print References
Melichar, L. 1906. Monographie der Issiden. (Homoptera). Abhandlungen der K. K. Zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 3: 1-327.
Internet References
Genus Page - Univ. Delaware(1)
Works Cited
1.Bartlett C.R. and contributors (2017-) Planthoppers of North America
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 25 May, 2010 - 8:43am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 12 August, 2023 - 12:08pm

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