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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 » Piglet Bugs (Caliscelidae) » Caliscelinae » Peltonotellini » Fitchiella » Fitchiella rufipes

Species Fitchiella rufipes

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Food · Internet References · Works Cited
Hemipteran - Fitchiella rufipes Hemipteran - Fitchiella rufipes Hemipteran - Fitchiella rufipes Hemipteran - Fitchiella rufipes Fitchiella rufipes Lawson - Fitchiella rufipes Fitchiella rufipes Fitchiella rufipes wee beetle - Fitchiella rufipes
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 Caliscelidae (Piglet Bugs)
Subfamily Caliscelinae
Tribe Peltonotellini
Genus Fitchiella
Species rufipes (Fitchiella rufipes)
Explanation of Names
Fitchiella rufipes Lawson 1933
Identification
venter of head process and most of legs reddish(1)
Range
sw. US (CA-UT to TX); Mexico (Chihuahua) - Map (1)(2)
Food
weeping lovegrass (Eragrostis curvula, Poaceae)(1)
Internet References
Genus page(1)
Works Cited
1.Bartlett C.R. and contributors (2017-) Planthoppers of North America
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by v belov on 12 March, 2011 - 8:54am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 3 August, 2023 - 3:09pm

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