Cuerna

Cuerna
Cuerna species on a leaf tip
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Cicadellidae
Genus: Cuerna
Melichar, 1925

Cuerna is a genus of insect in the leafhopper family described in 1924 and accepted in 1925. There are 26 species in this genus.[1] They can be found in North America from Canada and Alaska to Panama, but the highest diversity of species is in the southwestern United States.[2]

Taxonomy

References

  1. Krishnankutty, S.M.; Rakitov, R.; Dietrich, C.H. (2015-03-21). "Taxonomy and Phylogeny of the North American Leafhopper Genus Cuerna (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae)". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 108 (3): 339–371.
  2. "Genus Cuerna". BugGuide. Retrieved 2016-02-04.

External links

Cuerna at 3I Interactive Key and Database]

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