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Subfamily Smiliinae

Tree hopper (Entylia?) - Entylia carinata C. inermis, C. lutea or other ? - Stictocephala lutea Pennsylvania Treehopper - Vanduzea arquata Maybe Spissistilus festinus ?? - Tortistilus albidosparsus Ceresa taurina?  - Stictocephala bisonia CASTYPE 02139 - Stictocephala albescens Treehopper on Oak leaf - Ophiderma evelyna Cyrtolobus fuliginosus - 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 Membracidae (Typical Treehoppers)
Subfamily Smiliinae
Explanation of Names
Smiliinae Stål 1866
Numbers
at least 210 spp. in ~40 genera of 7 tribes in our area(1), _ spp. in ~100 genera of 10 tribes total(2)
Range
New World (widespread); introduced to the Palaearctic and Oceanic regions(2)