Lycoderides
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Lycoderides fernandezi, from the Munich State Zoological Collection |
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Lycoderides is a genus of humpback chirps from the subfamily of Stegaspidinae .
features
The Lycoderides chirps are approx. 5 to 10 mm long and have a very differently shaped pronotum, usually with a flat tip pointing forward, sometimes leaf-shaped, often with a backward-pointing outgrowth that can also be wavy. In some species the pronotum is broad with lateral tips. Often there is a strong sexual dimorphism, which makes the identification of the species even more difficult. The color is mostly brown. The head is covered with fine hair, the pronotum is sculpted and dotted.
Lycoderides brulei has a line on the pronotum where it can easily break off, this is interpreted as a predetermined breaking point for the autotomy .
distribution
The species of Lycoderides are known from the following countries: Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, Guatemala, Venezuela, French Guyana, Rep. Guyana, Suriname, Panama, Mexico, Honduras, Costa Rica and Ecuador.
biology
Little is known about the biology, the larvae of most species have not yet been described, but some have been observed in groups and together with ants. The adult cicada come individually before and suck sap to plants of the family Melastomaceae .
Systematics
At present 23 species from the Neotropic are known from this genus . The genus Lycoderes in 1972 into the two subgenera Lycoderes and Lycoderides divided, apply now both as an independent, closely related genera. They differ mainly in the veining of the forewings.
- Lycoderides amazonicus ( Sakakibara , 1991)
- Lycoderides brevilobus ( Sakakibara , 1972)
- Lycoderides burmeisteri ( Fairmaire , 1846)
- Lycoderides cultratus ( Sakakibara , 1991)
- Lycoderides fernandezi ( Strümpel , 1988)
- Lycoderides fuscus ( Amyot & Serville , 1843)
- Lycoderides gradatus ( Sakakibara , 1972)
- Lycoderides hippocampus ( Fabricius , 1803)
- Lycoderides luteus ( Funkhouser , 1940)
- Lycoderides marginalis ( Walker , 1851)
- Lycoderides nathanieli ( Cryan , 1999)
- Lycoderides obtusus ( Sakakibara , 1991)
- Lycoderides pennyi ( Sakakibara , 1991)
- Lycoderides phasianus ( Fowler , 1896)
- Lycoderides protensus ( Sakakibara , 1991)
- Lycoderides serraticornis ( Fowler , 1896)
- Lycoderides strumpeli ( Sakakibara , 1991)
- Lycoderides abditus Sakakibara , 2013
- Lycoderides brulei Sakakibara , 2013
- Lycoderides capixaba Sakakibara , 2013
- Lycoderides cavichiolii Sakakibara , 2013
- Lycoderides meloi Sakakibara , 2013
- Lycoderides oliviae Sakakibara , 2013
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f A. M. Sakakibara: The genus Lycoderides Sakakibara, stat. nov., its composition and descriptions of new species (Hemiptera, Membracidae, Stegaspininae) . In: Revista Brasileira de Entomologia . tape 57 , no. 3 , 2013, p. 259-270 .
- ^ A b J. R. Cryan & LL Deitz: Review of the new world treehopper tribe Stegaspidini (Hemiptera: Membracidae: Stegaspidinae): II: Lycoderes Germar, Oedea Amyot and Serville, and Stegaspis Germar . In: Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington . tape 101 , 1999, pp. 760-778 .
- ↑ C. Godoy, X. Miranda & K. Nishida: Treehoppers of Tropical America . Ed .: Instituto national de Biodiversidad, Santo Domingo de Heredia, Costa Rica. 2006, ISBN 9968-927-10-4 , pp. 1-352 .
- ^ Camilo Florez-V, Marta I. Wolff, Julianna Cardona-Duque: Contribution to the taxonomy of the family membracinae Rafinesque (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha) in Colombia . In: Zootaxa . tape 3910 , 2015, p. 1-261 .