Xestocephalus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Paraneoptera
Superordo: Condylognatha
Ordo: Hemiptera
Subordo: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraordo: Cicadomorpha
Superfamilia: Membracoidea

Familia: Cicadellidae
Subfamilia: Aphrodinae
Tribus: Xestocephalini
Genus: Xestocephalus
Species (121): X. australensis – X. magnificus – X. ovalis – X. sidnicus – X. tasmaniensis – ...
Name

Xestocephalus Van Duzee, 1892
References

Van Duzee 1892: Trans. Amer. ent. Soc., 19, 298.

Links

Xestocephalus - World Auchenorrhyncha Database - dmitriev.speciesfile.org

Xestocephalus is a genus of leafhoppers in the family Cicadellidae. There are at least 120 described species in Xestocephalus.[1][2][3][4]
Xestocephalus lunatus

See also

List of Xestocephalus species

References

"Browse Xestocephalus". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
"Xestocephalus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
"Xestocephalus Genus: Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-11.

"Xestocephalus Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-11.

Further reading

Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
Cwikla, Paul S. (1985). "Classification of the genus Xestocephalus (Homoptera: Cicadellidae) for North and Central America, including the West Indies". Brenesia.: 175–272.
Dmitriev, D. (2009). "Nymphs of some Nearctic leafhoppers (Homoptera, Cicadellidae) with description of a new tribe". ZooKeys (29): 13–33. doi:10.3897/zookeys.29.223.
Moulds, M.S. (2005). "An Appraisal of the Higher Classification of Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea) with Special Reference to the Australian Fauna". Records of the Australian Museum. 57 (3): 375–446. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.57.2005.1447. ISSN 0067-1975.