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