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Subfamily Smiliinae

Ceresa Treehopper? - Heliria Buffalo Treehopper - Ceresa species - alta or basalis? - Stictocephala brevitylus Entylia carinata concisa with hatching eggs and nymphs - Entylia carinata Treehopper, Ophiderma? - Ophiderma grisea Heliria cornutula Treehopper nymph - Smilia camelus Telamona reclivata
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)
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 22 July, 2015 - 4:57pm

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