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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) » Deltocephalinae » Deltocephalini » Lonatura

Genus Lonatura

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Internet References · Works Cited

Lonatura sp. leafhopper - Lonatura bicolor

CASTYPE 02187 - Lonatura bicolor - female

CASTYPE 01071 - Lonatura ventralis - male

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 Deltocephalini

Genus Lonatura

Explanation of Names

Lonatura Osborn & Ball 1898

Numbers

14 spp. in our area, 19 total(1)

NOTE: the notation citing the taxonomic authority of the listed species may have been inputted erroneously. This is pending correction.

Lonatura ariza (Kramer, 1967)

Lonatura balli (DeLong, 1926): FL

Lonatura bicolor (Van Duzee, 1909): southeastern U.S.

Lonatura catalina (Osborn & Ball, 1898): midwestern and central U.S.

Lonatura delicata (Beamer, 1938): NM

Lonatura delongi (Kramer, 1976): AZ

Lonatura megalopa (Osborn & Ball, 1898): central U.S. and Canada

Lonatura melina (DeLong, 1926): western U.S.

Lonatura notata (Osborn, 1922): southeastern U.S.

Lonatura noctivaga (Ball, 1900): western U.S.

Lonatura punctifrons (Beamer, 1938): CO

Lonatura salsura (Ball, 1899): western U.S. and Canada

Lonatura teretis (Beamer, 1948): CO

Lonatura ventralis (Van Duzee, 1923): CA

Range

nearctic(1)

Internet References

Taxon page(1)

Works Cited

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

Contributed by v belov on 17 February, 2012 - 1:43pm
Additional contributions by antarctica
Last updated 29 March, 2021 - 9:16pm

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