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Tribe Hypsoprorini

Treehopper ? Thelia or Glossonotus ? - Philya californiensis

Philya cf. californiensis ? - Philya californiensis

Unknown treehopper - Philya californiensis

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

Tribe Hypsoprorini

Explanation of Names

Hypsoprorini Haupt 1929

Numbers

5-6 spp. in 3-4 genera in our area(1), _ spp. in 7 genera total(2)

Range

neotropical group ranging into sw. US(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 - 6:44pm
Last updated 17 July, 2015 - 11:01am

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