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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
Family: | Cicadellidae |
Subfamily: | Cicadellinae |
Tribe: | Proconiini |
Genus: | Cuerna Melichar, 1925 |
Cuerna is a genus of sharpshooters in the family Cicadellidae. There are 26 species in this genus. [1] They can be found in North America from Canada and Alaska to Panama, but the highest diversity of species is in the southwestern United States. [2]
A leafhopper is the common name for any species from the family Cicadellidae. These minute insects, colloquially known as hoppers, are plant feeders that suck plant sap from grass, shrubs, or trees. Their hind legs are modified for jumping, and are covered with hairs that facilitate the spreading of a secretion over their bodies that acts as a water repellent and carrier of pheromones. They undergo a partial metamorphosis, and have various host associations, varying from very generalized to very specific. Some species have a cosmopolitan distribution, or occur throughout the temperate and tropical regions. Some are pests or vectors of plant viruses and phytoplasmas. The family is distributed all over the world, and constitutes the second-largest hemipteran family, with at least 20,000 described species.
David Allan Young, Jr., was an American entomologist who specialized in the taxonomy of the Cicadellidae and authored a comprehensive treatment of the family with numerous genera and species described and named by him. This work in three parts Taxonomic Study of the Cicadellinae covered 292 genera.
Maiestas is a genus of insects in the family Cicadellidae, the vast majority of which were formerly placed in the genus Recilia.
Deltocephalinae is a subfamily of leafhoppers. Deltocephalinae is the largest subfamily in the family Cicadellidae and is divided into 40 tribes, comprising over 925 genera, and over 6,700 described species.
Recilia is a genus of bugs from the family Cicadellidae. As of Webb & Viraktamath (2009), it includes just two species, with the vast majority of former species now in the genus Maiestas. Before this, the genus was sometimes treated as a subgenus of Deltocephalus.
Typhlocybinae is a subfamily of insects in the leafhopper family, Cicadellidae. This is currently the second largest leafhopper subfamily based on the number of described species, but researchers believe there are so many taxa yet undescribed that it is probably the largest subfamily. Approximately 6000 species have been described to science so far.
Japananus hyalinus, the Japanese maple leafhopper, is a species of leafhopper of the subfamily Deltocephalinae and tribe Opsiini. Believed to be native to eastern Asia, it has been carried with the trade in cultivated maples and is now widely found in Europe, North America and Australia.
Spangbergiella is a genus of leafhoppers in the family Cicadellidae. There are at least 4 described species in Spangbergiella.
Agallia is a genus of leafhoppers in the family Cicadellidae. There are about 8 described species in Agallia. During courtship displays and mating, both males and females of the species A. constricta alternate in making ticking sounds.
Eratoneura is a genus of leafhoppers in the family Cicadellidae. There are at least 190 described species in Eratoneura.
Coelidiinae is a subfamily of leafhoppers in the family Cicadellidae. There are at least 8 tribes, 108 genera, and over 900 species in Coelidiinae.
Scaphoideini is a tribe of leafhoppers. There are 64 genera and over 600 described species in Scaphoideini.
Xestocephalus lunatus is a species of leafhopper in the family Cicadellidae.
Xestocephalus is a genus of leafhoppers. There are at least 120 described species in Xestocephalus.
Zinga is a genus of leafhoppers in the family Cicadellidae. There are at least two described species in Zinga.
Chandrashekaraswami Adiveyya Viraktamath is an Indian entomologist who specializes in the systematics of leaf-hoppers, Cicadellidae. He served as a professor of entomology at the University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore.
Jikradia olitoria is a species of leafhopper found mainly in eastern North America. The insect acts as a vector for the North American grapevine yellows.
Luheria constricta is a species of leafhopper in the subfamily Deltocephalinae. It has a large range from northern Argentina north through Bolivia and northeastern Brazil. It is the only member of the genus Luheria and the tribe Luheriini making them both monotypic taxa.
Anoscopus is a genus of leafhoppers. The genus was first described by Carl Ludwig Kirschbaum in 1858. The species of this genus are found in Europe and North America.
Anoscopus albifrons is a species of insect in the family Cicadellidae. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758, in the 10th Edition of his Systema Naturae. It is found throughout Europe, the Azores, and parts of the United States and Canada. It inhabits grassy areas and forbs.