Draeculacephala

Draeculacephala
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Hemiptera
Family:Cicadellidae
Tribe:Cicadellini
Genus:Draeculacephala
Ball, 1901
Sharpshooters, Draeculacephala
Sharpshooters, Draeculacephala

Draeculacephala is a genus of leafhoppers known as sharpshooters. 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. 1 2 "Draeculacephala Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  2. 1 2 "Browse Draeculacephala". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  3. 1 2 "Draeculacephala". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  4. 1 2 3 "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.

Further reading

  • Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
  • Dietrich, C.H. (1994). "Systematics of the leafhopper genus Draeculacephala Ball (Homoptera: Cicadellidae)". Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 120: 87–112.
  • Dmitriev, D. (2009). "Nymphs of some Nearctic leafhoppers (Homoptera, Cicadellidae) with description of a new tribe". ZooKeys. 29. doi:10.3897/zookeys.29.223.
  • Moulds, M.S. (2005). "An Appraisal of the Higher Classification of Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea) with Special Reference to the Australian Fauna". Records of the Australian Museum. 57 (3): 375–446. ISSN 0067-1975.


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