Ceresa

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Buffalo treehoppers
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Ceresa bubalus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Euarthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Membracidae
Subfamily: Smiliinae
Genus:Ceresa
Amyot & Serville, 1843

Ceresa, commonly known as buffalo treehoppers, is a genus of treehoppers. It contains about 16 species. [1]

A genus is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus.

Treehopper family of insects

Treehoppers and thorn bugs are members of the family Membracidae, a group of insects related to the cicadas and the leafhoppers. About 3,200 species of treehoppers in over 400 genera are known. They are found on all continents except Antarctica; only five species are known from Europe. Individual treehoppers usually live for only a few months.

In biology, a species ( ) is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. Other ways of defining species include their karyotype, DNA sequence, morphology, behaviour or ecological niche. In addition, paleontologists use the concept of the chronospecies since fossil reproduction cannot be examined. While these definitions may seem adequate, when looked at more closely they represent problematic species concepts. For example, the boundaries between closely related species become unclear with hybridisation, in a species complex of hundreds of similar microspecies, and in a ring species. Also, among organisms that reproduce only asexually, the concept of a reproductive species breaks down, and each clone is potentially a microspecies.

<i>Ceresa albescens</i> species of insect

Ceresa albescens, is a species of treehopper, of the genus Ceresa.

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Leafhopper family of insects

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Auchenorrhyncha suborder of insects

The Auchenorrhyncha suborder of the Hemiptera contains most of the familiar members of what was called the Homoptera – groups such as cicadas, leafhoppers, treehoppers, planthoppers, and spittlebugs. The aphids and scale insects are the other well-known "Homoptera", and they are in the suborder Sternorrhyncha. Lesser-known insects largely regarded as Homoptera are the Coleorrhyncha. However, the taxonomic status of the Hemiptera and Homoptera is currently under investigation and discussion. See Heteroptera and Prosorrhyncha for more information.

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Buffalo treehopper species of insect

The buffalo treehopper is a species of treehopper belonging to the subfamily Membracinae. It is also sometimes classified as Ceresa bisonia.

<i>Lejops</i> genus of insects

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Aetalionidae family of insects

Aetalionidae are a family of plant-hoppers or tree-hoppers in the superfamily Membracoidea. Aetalionidae are somewhat like Membracidae in that they have one to three rows of short spines on the hind tibia but differ in having the front femur fused to the trochanter and the scutellum is completely exposed. The females have finger-like protrusions on the genital capsule. The family is mostly Neotropical. The subfamily Biturritiinae is Neotropical while the subfamily Aetalioninae has a Neotropical genus Aetalion and the sole Old World representative genus Darthula with a single species Darthula hardwickii.

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Smiliinae subfamily of insects

Smiliinae is a subfamily of treehoppers in the family Membracidae. These are bugs and include about 100 genera in 10 tribes.

<i>Telamona</i> genus of insects

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<i>Thelia</i> genus of insects

Thelia is a genus of treehoppers in the family Membracidae. There are at least two described species in Thelia.

<i>Vanduzea</i> genus of insects

Vanduzea is a genus of treehoppers in the family Membracidae. There are about 12 described species in Vanduzea.

<i>Bocydium</i> genus of insects

Bocydium is a genus of insects in the treehopper family, Membracidae. A 1999 classification identified 14 species in the genus, distributed around the Neotropics.

References

  1. ↑ "Genus Ceresa - Buffalo Treehoppers". BugGuide.


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