Species Xerophloea viridis

Classification · Pronunciation · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Works Cited

Please help us to identify this guy. - Xerophloea viridis

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 Cicadellidae (Typical Leafhoppers)

Subfamily Ledrinae (Flat-headed Leafhoppers)

Genus Xerophloea

Species viridis (Xerophloea viridis)

Pronunciation

Cercopis viridis Fabricius, 1794

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Orig. Comb: Cercopis viridis Fabricius, 1794

Cercopis virens (Turton, 1802)

Xerophloea grisea (Germar, 1839)

Xerophloea sordidula (Stål, 1854)

Xerophloea virescens (Stål, 1854)

Xerophloea viridis (Berg, 1879)

Xerophloea minor (Lawson, 1931)

Xerophloea oraclis (Lawson, 1931)

Xerophloea oracilis (DeLong & Caldwell, 1937)

Explanation of Names

Xerophloea viridis (Fabricius)

Size

♂ 5.1-5.9, ♀ 5.7-6.3mm

Identification

"Crown with anterior margin angulate, slightly produced anteriorly; interocular width about 1.75 times median length. Pronotum with median length about twice median length of crown, distinctly broader than basal half of head. Body uniformly and distinctly punctate. Males grey-fuscous with distinct fuscous median band on crown extending to middle of pronotum and transverse fuscous band on anterior margin of pronotum. Female uniformly green, faded in older specimens. [...] This species can be separated from breviceps by the lack of distinct carinae on the pronotum and crown, and from peltata by the shorter crown and geographical range." — Nielson, 1962

Range

e. US to AZ / Mex. to Argentina / W. Indies - Map (1)

Works Cited

1.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 30 January, 2007 - 4:48pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov, antarctica
Last updated 4 June, 2023 - 8:22pm

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