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Genus Apache

Hopper - Apache degeeri Derbid - Apache degeeri Derbidae, head, dorsal - Apache degeeri Apache degeeri Strange Insect - Apache degeeri Apache degeeri Finally, a derbid! - Apache degeeri Apache degeeri
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 Derbidae (Derbid Planthoppers)
Subfamily Otiocerinae
Tribe Otiocerini
Genus Apache
Explanation of Names
Apache Kirkaldy 1901
Numbers
2 spp. in the genus, both in our area(1)
Identification
No appreciable difference could be detected between the female of Apache californicum and Apache degeerii which it resembles quite closely. The males also are superficially very similar. However, the difference in the male genitalia is sufficient to easily separate the two species. (1)
Range
A. degeerii widespread
A. californicum precinctive to CA(1)
Internet References
Genus page - Univ. Delaware(1)