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Family Dictyopharidae - Dictyopharid Planthoppers

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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)
Internet References
Taxon page(1)
Works Cited
1.Bartlett C.R. and contributors (2017-) Planthoppers of North America
2.Bourgoin T. (2017) FLOW (Fulgoromorpha Lists on the Web): a world knowledge base dedicated to Fulgoromorpha. Version 8.
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 14 November, 2013 - 10:15am

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