Draeculacephala

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Draeculacephala
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Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
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:

  • Dietrich, 1994 c g
  • Walker, 1851 c g b
  • Walker, 1851 c g b
  • Van Duzee, 1915 c g b
  • Van Duzee, 1915 c g b
  • Davidson & Frazier, 1949 c g
  • Osborn, 1926 c g
  • Davidson et DeLong, 1943 c g b
  • Van Duzee, 1915 c g b
  • Ball, 1901 c g b
  • Van Duzee, 1915 c g b (waterlettuce leafhopper)
  • Ball, 1901 b
  • Draeculacephala minerva Ball, 1927 i c g b (grass sharpshooter)
  • Say, 1840 c g b (watercress sharpshooter)
  • Hamilton, 1985 c g b
  • Fitch, 1851 c g b
  • Ball, 1927 c g
  • Ball et China, 1933 c g b
  • Ball, 1927 c g b
  • b
  • Walker, 1851 c g b
  • Hamilton, 1967 c g b
  • Hamilton, 1985 c g b
  • Walker, 1851 c g b
  • Gibson, 1919 c g
  • Dietrich, 1994 c g
  • Dietrich, 1994 c g

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

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Draeculacephala Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  2. ^ a b "Browse Draeculacephala". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  3. ^ a b "Draeculacephala". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  4. ^ a b c "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[]

  • 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.

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