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Family Dictyopharidae - Dictyopharid Planthoppers

Phylloscelis atra Partridge Scolops - Scolops sulcipes Which Scolops (Subgenus Belonocharis?) - Scolops californicus Rhynchomitra microrhina Scolops pungens? - Scolops Green Veined Lacewing with pointy nose? - Rhynchomitra microrhina  Scolops sulcipes - The Partridge Bug - Scolops sulcipes scolops ? - Scolops
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 Dictyopharidae (Dictyopharid Planthoppers)
Explanation of Names
Dictyopharidae Spinola 1839
Numbers
85 spp. in 14 genera in our area(1), >730 spp. in 165 genera worldwide(2)
Range
worldwide, much more diverse in warm climes; in our area, sw. US includes all genera and nearly all species (80) known from the continental US(1)
Habitat
on above-ground portions of plants(1)
Food
primarily, dicots in a variety of families; most are monophagous(1)
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