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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 » Fulgorid Planthoppers (Fulgoridae) » Poiocerinae » Poiocerini » Poblicia

Genus Poblicia

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Internet References · Works Cited
Leafhopper dark - Poblicia fuliginosa Spittlebug? Prosapia? - Poblicia fuliginosa Fulgoridae-Poblicia fuliginosa- - Poblicia fuliginosa Poblicia fuliginosa? - Poblicia fuliginosa Poblicia fuliginosa Nymph, Poblicia fuliginosa? - Poblicia fuliginosa HOLOTYPE - Poblicia texana - male Large planthopper - Poblicia texana
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 Fulgoridae (Fulgorid Planthoppers)
Subfamily Poiocerinae
Tribe Poiocerini
Genus Poblicia
Explanation of Names
Poblicia Stål 1866
Numbers
2 spp. in our area, 3 total(1)
Identification
The two species are quite different on the underside: P. texana has a prominent ridge across the face between the eyes, the beak is longer than the rest of the head, and the second hind metatarsomere is 4 times as long as the apical hind tarsomere. (Andy Hamilton, pers. comm., 2010)
Range
so. US & Mexico(1)
Internet References
Genus page - Univ. Delaware(1)
Works Cited
1.Bartlett C.R. and contributors (2017-) Planthoppers of North America
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 6 July, 2006 - 5:44pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 26 August, 2017 - 10:03pm

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