Hypsauchenia

Hypsauchenia
	Hypsauchenia hardwickii , from Thailand, specimen from the Munich State Zoological Collection
Systematics
Order :	Schnabelkerfe (Hemiptera)
Subordination :	Risso cicadas (Cicadomorpha)
Superfamily :	Membracoidea
Family :	Humpback chirps (Membracidae)
Subfamily :	Centrotinae
Genre :	Hypsauchenia
Scientific name
	Hypsauchenia
	Germar , 1835

Hypsauchenia is a genus of humpback chirps from the subfamily Centrotinae , which occurs in the eastern Palearctic and Indomalaic regions. There are five known species of this genus.

features

The chirps are bizarre in shape, with a very large forward, upwardly curved extension of the pronotum, which is usually forked at the tip. The process directed backwards is mostly straight and has a more or less distinct, dorsal cusp. The head is three-lobed, about as wide as it is high.

Some species of the genus Cladonota (e.g. Cladonota apicalis ) look similar. However, it cannot be assumed that the two genera are more closely related. Like Cladonota apicalis, the species H. hardwickii is sometimes also called "Horseshoe-shaped Treehopper" because of its striking shape.

The species and their distribution

(to )

Hypsauchenia ananthakrishnani Ananthasubramanian , 1996: India
Hypsauchenia aspera Buckton , 1903: India
Hypsauchenia chinensis Chou , 1975: China
Hypsauchenia hardwickii ( Kirby , 1829): India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, China, Nepal (synonym: H. ballista )
Hypsauchenia subfusca Buckton , 1903: India, Nepal

Way of life

The Hypsauchenia cicadas usually occur singly, they are often associated with ants. The cicadas live on plants of the following families, Asteraceae , Euphorbiaceae , Magnoliaceae , Salicaceae , on whose phloem they feed.

Web links

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Hypsauchenia at Treehoppers

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b M. S. Wallace, LL Deitz: Phylogeny and Systematics of the Treehopper Subfamily Centrotinae (Hemiptera: Membracidae) . In: Memoirs on Entomology, International . tape 19 , 2004, ISBN 1-56665-079-8 , pp. 1-377 .
↑ WD Funkhauser: Homoptera Fam. Membracidae . In: Genera Insectorum . tape 208 , 1950, pp. 1–383, 14 plates .
↑ Dmitry A. Dmitriev: Genus Hypsauchenia Germar, 1835. Retrieved February 22, 2018 .
↑ SH McKamey: Taxonomic Catalog of the Membracoidea (exclusive of leafhoppers) . In: Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute. tape 60 , 1998, ISBN 1-887988-04-1 , pp. 1-377 .
↑ G. Thirumalai & S. Prabakaran: A Checlist of Membracidae from India . 2017, p. 11 ( indiabiodiversity.org [PDF]).

[:0-1] M. S. Wallace, LL Deitz: Phylogeny and Systematics of the Treehopper Subfamily Centrotinae (Hemiptera: Membracidae) . In: Memoirs on Entomology, International . tape 19 , 2004, ISBN 1-56665-079-8 , pp. 1-377 .

[:1-2] WD Funkhauser: Homoptera Fam. Membracidae . In: Genera Insectorum . tape 208 , 1950, pp. 1–383, 14 plates .

[:2-3] Dmitry A. Dmitriev: Genus Hypsauchenia Germar, 1835. Retrieved February 22, 2018 .

[:3-4] SH McKamey: Taxonomic Catalog of the Membracoidea (exclusive of leafhoppers) . In: Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute. tape 60 , 1998, ISBN 1-887988-04-1 , pp. 1-377 .

[:4-5] G. Thirumalai & S. Prabakaran: A Checlist of Membracidae from India . 2017, p. 11 ( indiabiodiversity.org [PDF]).