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Genus Philaenarcys

unknown leaf hopper - Philaenarcys bilineata Is this also a Prairie Spittlebug? - Philaenarcys bilineata Aphrophoridae, Prairie Spittle Bug, dorsal, head - Philaenarcys bilineata leafhopper, once again - Philaenarcys bilineata Leaf or treehopper on grass at Mercur, Tooele County, Utah - Philaenarcys bilineata planthopper - Philaenarcys bilineata Hopper - Philaenarcys bilineata Philaenarcys killa
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 Cercopoidea (Spittlebugs)
Family Aphrophoridae (Typical Spittlebugs)
Subfamily Aphrophorinae
Tribe Philaenini
Genus Philaenarcys
Explanation of Names
Philaenarcys Hamilton 1979
Numbers
3 spp. total, all in our area(1)(2)
Range
across Canada(2) south to...
Remarks
3 species:
bilineata- western and central U.S.
killa- Midwestern and Atlantic coastal plain prairies
spartina- endemic to northeastern North America, in salt marshes
Works Cited
1.Soulier-Perkins A. (2007-) Cercopoidea organised on line
2.Checklist of the Hemiptera of Canada and Alaska
Maw, H.E.L., R.G. Foottit, K.G.A. Hamilton and G.G.E. Scudder. 2000. NRC Research Press.