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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada

Genus Phlepsanus

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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 Deltocephalinae
Tribe Phlepsiini
Genus Phlepsanus
Explanation of Names
Phlepsanus Oman, 1949
Numbers
5 described spp, all in our area(1)
Phlepsanus angustus Crowder, 1952
Phlepsanus denudatus (Ball, 1901)
Phlepsanus nigrifrons (Ball, 1905)
Phlepsanus tumidatus Crowder, 1952
Phlepsanus vanduzei (Ball, 1901)
Range
US & Mexico(1)