Ceresa (genus)

Ceresa
	Ceresa vitulus from the side
Systematics
Class :	Insects (Insecta)
Order :	Schnabelkerfe (Hemiptera)
Subordination :	Risso cicadas (Cicadomorpha)
Superfamily :	Membracoidea
Family :	Humpback chirps (Membracidae)
Genre :	Ceresa
Scientific name
	Ceresa
	Amyot & Serville , 1843

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

The genus contains 34 species that occur exclusively in the Neotropic .

The species of the genus Ceresa are about 6.5 to 10 mm long. Most species are yellowish, green, brown or reddish brown in color, sometimes with light spots. The pronotum is more or less helmet-shaped, with a point backwards and two lateral thorns in front. However, one can only reliably assign species to the genus if one examines the male genital structures. A similar habitus can be found, for example, in the genera Spissistilus , Stictocephala , Stictolobus , Tomogonia and Vestistilus .

Way of life: The kinds of the genus Ceresa live individually on different plants and suck phloem . The eggs are laid on plants, in some species 4 to 15 eggs together, in other species individually. Brood care does not take place. Ceresa nigripectus is a potential pest for alfalfa .

literature

Ceresa vitulus from the front, same animal as above

Carolina Godoy, Ximena Miranda, Kenji Nishida: Membrácidos de la América Tropical / Treehoppers of Tropical America . INBio, Santo Domingo de Heredia, Costa Rica 2006, ISBN 9968-927-10-4 .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Gabriel Simoes de Andrade: As espécies do genero Ceresa Amyot & Serville (Hemiptera, Auchenorryncha, Membracidae) . In: Revista Brasileira de Zoologia . tape 21 , no. 4 , 2004.
↑ ^a ^b ^c 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 .
↑ Thomás Pérez Grosso et al .: First Biological Data of Ceresa nigripectus (Hemiptera: Membracidae), a Common Treehopper on Alfalfa Crops in Argentina . In: Florida Entomologist . tape 97 , no. 4 , 2014, p. 1766-1773 .

[:1-1] Gabriel Simoes de Andrade: As espécies do genero Ceresa Amyot & Serville (Hemiptera, Auchenorryncha, Membracidae) . In: Revista Brasileira de Zoologia . tape 21 , no. 4 , 2004.

[:0-2] 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] Thomás Pérez Grosso et al .: First Biological Data of Ceresa nigripectus (Hemiptera: Membracidae), a Common Treehopper on Alfalfa Crops in Argentina . In: Florida Entomologist . tape 97 , no. 4 , 2014, p. 1766-1773 .