Antonae

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Antonae
Antonae guttipes Walker, 1858

Antonae guttipes Walker, 1858

Systematics
Order : Schnabelkerfe (Hemiptera)
Subordination : Risso cicadas (Cicadomorpha)
Superfamily : Membracoidea
Family : Humpback chirps (Membracidae)
Subfamily : Smiliinae
Genre : Antonae
Scientific name
Antonae
Stål , 1867
Antonae guttipes, scanning electron micrograph
Antonae guttipes , scanning electron micrograph; Measuring bar = 1 mm

Antonae is a genus of humpback chirps , a family of round-headed cicadas (Cicadomorpha) from the superfamily of the Membracoidea.

features

The cicadas of this genus are about 6.9 to 10.2 millimeters in size, they are usually yellowish in color, often with black spots or black with yellow spots. The pronotum is divided into a front and a rear part by a constriction. The front part is rounded and often has lateral thorns. The rear part is round and relatively thick at the front. Similar humpback chirps belong e.g. B. to the genera Ilithucia , Parantonae and Lallemandia . The genus Illithucia was temporarily regarded as a synonym of Antonae (e.g. in the catalog of the Membracidae) but is again considered an independent genus.

distribution

The representatives of the genus occur in the Neotropic , in northern South America, Central America and Mexico. Relatively many species, namely ten, are known from Colombia. Only a few years ago a species of the genus from Brazil was described for the first time. Some species occur at relatively high altitudes (3000 to 4000 m), where they are associated with plants of the genus Espeletia . Other species also occur in the rainforests of the lowlands (e.g. Anotonae guttipes ).

Way of life

The adults are usually found individually, sometimes nymphs were found with adults in groups under leaves or on the tips of the plants. The larvae are very well camouflaged in the coat of the plants. The Antonae cicadas live almost exclusively on plants of the Asteraceae and Solanaceae families , where they suckle phloem .

Systematics

The genus contains at least 21 species.

Web links

Commons : Antonae  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Kopp, DD & TR Yonke: A Taxonomic Review of the Tribe Ceresini (Homoptera: Membracidae). In: Miscellaneous Publications of the Entomological Society of America . tape 11 , no. 2 , 1979, p. 1-98 .
  2. ^ A b C. Godoy, X. Miranda & K. Nishida: Treehoppers of tropical America . Instituto national de Biodiversidad, Santo Domingo de Heredia, Costa Rica 2006, ISBN 9968-927-10-4 , pp. 352 .
  3. ↑ SH McKamey: Taxonomic Catalog of the Membracoidea (exclusive of leafhoppers). In: Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute . tape 60 , 1998, pp. 1-377 .
  4. ↑ Sakakibara, AM: Revalidation of Ilithucia Stal, and descriptions of new species (Homoptera, Membracidae, Smiliinae). In: Revista Brasileira de Zoologia . tape 19 , no. 1 , 2002, p. 189-200 .
  5. ^ A b Florez-VC, Wolff MI & J. Cardona-Duque: Contribution to the taxonomy of the family membracinae Rafinesque (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha) in Colombia . In: Zootaxa . tape 3910 , 2015, p. 1-261 .
  6. ↑ Sakakibara, AM & F. Lencioni-Nieto: Duas espécies novas de mambracídeos (Hemipera, Maembracidae) da Mata Atlantica do Estado de Sao paula, Brasil. In: Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia . tape 49 , no. 16 , 2009, p. 191-1196 .
  7. ↑ K. Schulze, M. Heß & K. Schönitzer: Treehoppers of Panguana (Peru), with additional faunistic remarks and 3D-SEM illustrations (Auchenorrhyncha, Membracidae). In: Communications of the Munich Entomological Society . tape 106 , 2016, p. 39-64 .
  8. ↑ Antonae nodosa - Overview - Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved February 3, 2017 .