Stictocephala

Stictocephala[1] is a genus of treehoppers in the family Membracidae;[1] in the subfamily Smiliinae and tribe Ceresini.[2] Species appear to be distributed mostly in North America, but S. bisonia has become widely distributed in Europe.

Stictocephala
Stictocephala taurina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder: Cicadomorpha
Superfamily: Membracoidea
Family: Membracidae
Subfamily: Smiliinae
Genus: Stictocephala
Stål, 1869
Two-horned Treehopper (Stictocephala diceros)
Two-horned Treehopper (Stictocephala diceros)
Tree hopper nymph Stictocephala spp.
Tree hopper nymph Stictocephala spp.

Species

The Catalogue of Life[1] lists:

  • Stictocephala albescens
  • Stictocephala alta[3]
  • Stictocephala basalis
  • Stictocephala bisonia
  • Stictocephala brevicornis
  • Stictocephala brevis
  • Stictocephala brevitylus
  • Stictocephala diceros
  • Stictocephala diminuta
  • Stictocephala lutea
  • Stictocephala militaris
  • Stictocephala nervosa
  • Stictocephala ornithisca
  • Stictocephala palmeri
  • Stictocephala stimulea
  • Stictocephala substriata
  • Stictocephala taurina
  • Stictocephala tauriniformis

References
  1. Roskov Y.; Kunze T.; Orrell T.; Abucay L.; Paglinawan L.; Culham A.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Decock W.; De Wever A. (2011). Didžiulis V. (ed.). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. Bugguide.net: Stictocephala (retrieved 20 October 2018)
  3. Deitz, Lewis Levering; Wallace, Matthew S. (2012). "Richness of the Nearctic Treehopper Fauna (Hemiptera: Aetalionidae and Membracidae)". Zootaxa. 3423: 1. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3423.1.1.


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