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A Red-legged Spittlebug in Harford Co., Maryland (7/15/2018). Verified by Kyle Kittelberger/BugGuide.
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Red-legged Spittlebug in Dorchester Co., Maryland (7/2/2022). (c) Jim Brighton, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Red-legged Spittlebug in Dorchester Co., Maryland (7/2/2022). (c) Jim Brighton, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Source: Wikipedia
Prosapia ignipectus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
Family: | Cercopidae |
Genus: | Prosapia |
Species: | P. ignipectus
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Binomial name | |
Prosapia ignipectus (Fitch, 1851)
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Prosapia ignipectus, known generally as the red-legged spittlebug or black spittlebug, is a species of froghopper in the family Cercopidae.[1][2][3][4] It is found in North America.[1] It measures about 8 mm (0.3 in) in length.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Prosapia ignipectus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
- ^ "Prosapia ignipectus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
- ^ a b "Prosapia ignipectus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
- ^ "Prosapia ignipectus Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
Further reading
[edit]- 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.
- Hamilton, K.G.A. (1977). "Review of the world species of Prosapia Fennah (Rhynchota: Homoptera: Cercopidae)". The Canadian Entomologist. 109 (4): 621–630.
- Marshall, Stephen A. (2006). Insects: Their Natural History And Diversity: With a Photographic Guide to Insects of Eastern North America. Firefly Books.
- Metcalf, Z.P. (1961). General Catalogue of the Homoptera, Fascicle VII: Cercopoidea, part 2: Cercopidae. North Carolina State College.
- Walker, Francis (1871). Catalogue of the Specimens of Hemiptera Heteroptera in the Collection of the British Museum, pt. IV. British Museum. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.9254.
External links
[edit]- "NCBI Taxonomy Browser". Retrieved 2018-03-18.