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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada

Genus Multareis

Small Membracid - Multareis cornutus Small Membracid - Multareis cornutus Multareis cornutus Treehopper sp. - Multareis cornutus Membracid on Larrea tridentata - Multareis cornutus Membracid on Larrea tridentata - Multareis cornutus lectotype - Multareis cornutus - female lectotype - Multareis cornutus - female
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 Centrotinae
Tribe Centrodontini
Genus Multareis
Explanation of Names
Multareis Goding 1895
Size
monotypic genus(1)
Range
sw. US (CA to UT-TX) & Mexico(1)
Works Cited
1.Richness of the Nearctic treehopper fauna (Hemiptera: Aetalionidae and Membracidae)
Deitz L.L., Wallace M.S. 2012. Zootaxa 3423: 1–26.