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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) » Microleafhoppers (Typhlocybinae) » Erythroneurini » Eratoneura » Eratoneura ardens

Species Eratoneura ardens

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

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 Typhlocybinae (Microleafhoppers)

Tribe Erythroneurini

Genus Eratoneura

Species ardens (Eratoneura ardens)

Other Common Names

Dark-mesonotal Eratoneura Leafhopper

Explanation of Names

Eratoneura ardens McAtee 1920

ardens (L). 'burning' (1)

Size

2.7–3.1 mm (2)(3)

Identification

Coloration usual for genus, but usually with dark brown mesonotum. (2)

Det. Kyle Kittelberger, 2014

Range

e. US - Map (2)(4)

Food

Host plants: Ulmus americana, U. alata, and U. rubra. (2)

Remarks

Type locality: Male, Maryland, Montgomery Co., Plummers Island, 28 III 1915

Print References

McAtee, W.L. (1920) Key to the Nearctic species and varieties of Erythroneura (Homoptera; Eupterygidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 46: 267–321.

Internet References

Species page(3)

Works Cited

1.	Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.

2.	Review of the New World genera of the leafhopper tribe Erythroneurini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae): IV. Eratoneura Dietrich C.H., Dmitriev D.A. 2010. Illinois Natural History Survey Bulletin 39(3): 79-258.

3.	Dmitriev D.A. (2003-) 3I interactive keys and taxonomic databases

4.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by Graham Montgomery on 3 September, 2010 - 3:32pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 29 December, 2024 - 12:34pm

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