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Species Xerophloea foveolata

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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 Cicadellidae (Typical Leafhoppers)
Subfamily Ledrinae (Flat-headed Leafhoppers)
Genus Xerophloea
Species foveolata (Xerophloea foveolata)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Xerophloea foveolata (Fieber, 1866)
Orig. Comb: Mesodicus foveolatus Fieber, 1866
Size
♂ 5.2-6.2mm, ♀ 6.3-6.6mm
Identification
A yellowish-brown to green species with a distinctive "hump" at the posterior end of the pronotum.
"Crown with anterior margin broadly angular, not produced anteriorly; interocular width about twice median length. Pronotum with median length slightly more than twice median length of crown, distinctly broader than basal half of head, basal two-thirds strongly inflated giving a characteristic robust ap- pearance. Elytra and pronotum uniformly and roughly punctate; crown finely punctate. Color fuscous in males, uniformly green in females. [...] From viridis, to which it is related, [foveolata] can be separated by the strongly inflated pronotum and robust appearance. The species also occupies part of the extreme northern range of viridis." — Nielson, 1962
Range
sw US (s.CA-AZ-s.NV, OK-TX) - Map (1)
Season
Mar-Oct (1)