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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Hoppers (Auchenorrhyncha) » Planthoppers (Fulgoromorpha) » Delphacoidea » Cixiid Planthoppers (Cixiidae) » Cixiinae » Cixiini » Cixius » Cixius misellus

Species Cixius misellus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Works Cited
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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 Delphacoidea
Family Cixiidae (Cixiid Planthoppers)
Subfamily Cixiinae
Tribe Cixiini
Genus Cixius
Species misellus (Cixius misellus)
Explanation of Names
Cixius misellus Van Duzee 1916
Identification
The all-black face and the short, rounded ridge across the top of the head are characteristic of this common species. Other Cixius have the lower half of the face redbrown, or the ridge is pointed in the middle.
Range
NA, transcontinental (NF-BC to GA-TN-IL-MN)(1)
Works Cited
1.Bartlett C.R. and contributors (2017-) Planthoppers of North America
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 21 January, 2005 - 5:26pm
Additional contributions by tom murray, v belov
Last updated 12 November, 2013 - 3:47pm

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