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Species Cacama maura

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 Cicadoidea (Cicadas)
Family Cicadidae (Cicadas)
Subfamily Cicadinae
Tribe Tacuini
Genus Cacama (Cactus Dodgers)
Species maura (Cacama maura)
Range
TL - "Mexico" / s. Mexico, also reported in the Yucatan
Not yet reported from the USA
Extent of RANGE is not clearly defined: Mexico (????)
See Also
Several species
sw. USA - Mexico (Central America)

sw. USA (California) & MEXICO
Cacama californica Davis 1919
Cacama crepitans (Van Duzee 1914)
Cacama furcata Davis - (Not known from USA)

sw. USA (ARIZONA) & MEXICO
Cacama moorei sp. n. Sanborn & M. Heath
sw. USA (several states) & MEXICO
Cacama valvata (Uhler 1888)

USA, se. TEXAS & Adj. ne. MEXICO
Cacama variegata Davis 1919

USA, Central TEXAS ("hill country")
Cacama collinaplaga sp. n. Sanborn & M. Heath

CENTRAL AMERICA / MEXICO (not known from the USA)
Cacama carbonaria Davis 1919
Cacama dissimilis (Distant 1881)/[davisi Moore, ??]
Cacama longirostris (Distant, ?)
Cacama maura Distant 1881
Cacama pygmaea sp. n. Sanborn
Internet References
For more details regarding the Genus Cacama, please refer to the following link
Contributed by Bill Reynolds on 7 February, 2012 - 12:19pm
Last updated 9 July, 2012 - 2:47pm

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