Draeculacephala

Draeculacephala
D. constrica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Auchenorrhyncha
Family:	Cicadellidae
Tribe:	Cicadellini
Genus:	Draeculacephala Ball, 1901

Sharpshooters, Draeculacephala

Sharpshooters, Draeculacephala

Draeculacephala is a genus of leafhoppers. It is one of the most common and widespread genera of leafhoppers in the New World. There are at least 25 described species in Draeculacephala. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

The adults of most Draeculacephala species are green in color, although a few are straw colored. They are generally 6 to 11 mm in length, with a triangular head that projects forward to a point. ^{[5] [4]}

Species

These 27 species belong to the genus Draeculacephala:

• Draeculacephala albipicta Dietrich, 1994 ^{c g}
• Draeculacephala angulifera Walker, 1851 ^{c g b}
• Draeculacephala antica Walker, 1851 ^{c g b}
• Draeculacephala balli Van Duzee, 1915 ^{c g b}
• Draeculacephala bradleyi Van Duzee, 1915 ^{c g b}
• Draeculacephala californica Davidson & Frazier, 1949 ^{c g}
• Draeculacephala clypeata Osborn, 1926 ^{c g}
• Draeculacephala constricta Davidson et DeLong, 1943 ^{c g b}
• Draeculacephala crassicornis Van Duzee, 1915 ^{c g b}
• Draeculacephala floridana Ball, 1901 ^{c g b}
• Draeculacephala inscripta Van Duzee, 1915 ^{c g b} (waterlettuce leafhopper)
• Draeculacephala manitobiana Ball, 1901 ^b
• Draeculacephala minerva Ball, 1927 ^{i c g b} (grass sharpshooter)
• Draeculacephala mollipes Say, 1840 ^{c g b} (watercress sharpshooter)
• Draeculacephala navicula Hamilton, 1985 ^{c g b}
• Draeculacephala noveboracensis Fitch, 1851 ^{c g b}
• Draeculacephala pagoda Ball, 1927 ^{c g}
• Draeculacephala paludosa Ball et China, 1933 ^{c g b}
• Draeculacephala portola Ball, 1927 ^{c g b}
• Draeculacephala prasina ^b
• Draeculacephala producta Walker, 1851 ^{c g b}
• Draeculacephala robinsoni Hamilton, 1967 ^{c g b}
• Draeculacephala savannahae Hamilton, 1985 ^{c g b}
• Draeculacephala septemguttata Walker, 1851 ^{c g b}
• Draeculacephala soluta Gibson, 1919 ^{c g}
• Draeculacephala tucumanensis Dietrich, 1994 ^{c g}
• Draeculacephala youngi Dietrich, 1994 ^{c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS, ^[1] c = Catalogue of Life, ^[2] g = GBIF, ^[3] b = Bugguide.net ^[4]

References

1. "Draeculacephala Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
2. "Browse Draeculacephala". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
3. "Draeculacephala". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
4. "Draeculacephala Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
5. Ball, E.D. (1927). "The genus Draeculacephala and its allies in North America (Rhynchota Homoptera)". Florida Entomologist. 11. doi: 10.2307/3493016 . JSTOR   3493016.

Further reading

• Dietrich, C. H. (1994). "Systematics of the leafhopper genus Draeculacephala Ball (Homoptera: Cicadellidae)". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 120 (2): 87–112. JSTOR   40785182.

External links

• Media related to Draeculacephala at Wikimedia Commons