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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 Treehoppers (Membracidae) » Membracinae

Subfamily Membracinae

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Works Cited
Treehopper - Enchenopa on-viburnum-nudum Tree Hopper Genus Enchenopa - Enchenopa on-robinia-pseudoacacia Treehopper nymph exuvia - Enchenopa on-juglans-nigra Membracidae - Enchenopa latipes Two-marked Treehopper - walnut - Enchenopa on-juglans-nigra leafhopper on Wafer Ash - Enchenopa on-ptelea-trifoliata Redbud Treehopper - Dorsal - Enchenopa on-cercis-canadensis Platycotis minax - Adult and nymphs - Platycotis minax
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 Membracinae
Explanation of Names
Membracinae Rafinesque 1815
Numbers
~35 spp. in 11-13 genera of 4 tribes in our area(1), _ spp. in 42 genera of 5 tribes total(2)
Range
New World: throughout most of the temperate and tropical regions(2)
Works Cited
1.Richness of the Nearctic treehopper fauna (Hemiptera: Aetalionidae and Membracidae)
Deitz L.L., Wallace M.S. 2012. Zootaxa 3423: 1–26.
2.Deitz L.L., Wallace M.S. (team leaders), et al. (2010-) Treehoppers: Aetalionidae, Melizoderidae, and Membracidae (Hemiptera)
Contributed by v belov on 23 November, 2012 - 11:30am
Last updated 17 July, 2015 - 11:04am

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