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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 » Flatid Planthoppers (Flatidae) » Flatoidinae » Flatoidinus » Flatoidinus punctatus

Species Flatoidinus punctatus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Food · See Also · Works Cited
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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 Fulgoromorpha (Planthoppers)
Superfamily Fulgoroidea
Family Flatidae (Flatid Planthoppers)
Subfamily Flatoidinae
Genus Flatoidinus
Species punctatus (Flatoidinus punctatus)
Explanation of Names
Flatoidinus punctatus (Walker 1851)
Identification
The broad, pointed head is characteristic of this species. (K.G.A. Hamilton, 2011)
Range
GA-FL; W. Indies(1); + AL & TX (BG data)
Food
recorded from 6 plant families(2)
See Also
Metcracis fusca (Van Duzee)
Works Cited
1.Bartlett C.R. and contributors (2017-) Planthoppers of North America
2.Fulgoroidea North America (Discover Life's IDnature guide)
Contributed by Gretchen Grammer on 14 July, 2006 - 10:10am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 31 January, 2019 - 6:22pm

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