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Subfamily Centrotinae

Centrotus cornutus Flat bug - Microcentrus Red treehopper? - Centrodontus atlas Patycentrus - Platycentrus acuticornis CASTYPE 01047_1 - Multareoides planifrons Tumecauda schaefferi - female Microcentrus perditus Microcentrus sp? - Microcentrus caryae
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 Membracidae (Typical Treehoppers)
Subfamily Centrotinae
Explanation of Names
Centrotinae Amyot & Serville 1843
Numbers
12 spp. in 7 genera of 4 tribes (of which 2 non-native) in our area(1), _ spp. in ~220 genera of 23 tribes total(2)
Range
worldwide, much more diverse in the Old World; in our area, native spp. in sw. US only(2)