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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Hoppers (Auchenorrhyncha) » Planthoppers (Fulgoromorpha) » Fulgoroidea » Achilid Planthoppers (Achilidae) » Plectoderini

Tribe Plectoderini

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Works Cited
Achilidae - Synecdoche grisea Catonia sp. - Catonia Catonia nava 2018-07-15 Brown achilid - Synecdoche impunctata Planthopper - Synecdoche Pennsylvania Hopper for ID - Catonia carolina CASTYPE03104 - Synecdoche nemoralis Synecdoche dimidiata
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 Fulgoromorpha (Planthoppers)
Superfamily Fulgoroidea
Family Achilidae (Achilid Planthoppers)
Tribe Plectoderini
Explanation of Names
Plectoderini Fennah 1950
Numbers
~40 spp. in 6 genera in our area(1)
Catonia Uhler, 1895
Juniperthia O'Brien, 1985
Momar Fennah, 1950
Opsiplanon Fennah, 1945
Synecdoche O'Brien, 1971
Xerbus O'Brien, 1971
Identification
All of our slender and relatively small achilids.
Works Cited
1.Bartlett C.R. and contributors (2017-) Planthoppers of North America
Contributed by v belov on 11 November, 2013 - 6:29pm
Additional contributions by antarctica
Last updated 30 March, 2024 - 5:05pm

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