Directory of Membracidae Resources

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Family of insects commonly known as treehoppers.

Resources in This Category

• Developmental Stages of Spissistilus festinus Most Susceptible to Hemipteran Predators

  http://www.fcla.edu/FlaEnt/fe78p561.html
  Suggests that S. festinus nymphs are potential prey for G. punctipes and N. roseipennis in the field. Text version of Florida Entomologist article, with a hyperlink to the PDF version.

• Horned Treehoppers - Family Membracidae

  http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_planthoppers/Membracidae.htm
  Offers information about the species found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia. Includes photographs.

• Interactive Key to Tribes of New World Membracidae

  http://ctap.inhs.uiuc.edu/dmitriev/key.asp?key=Membr&lng=En&i=1&j=1
  Interactive key to members of this tribe and taxonomical databases.

• Oak Treehopper

  http://www.invasive.org/browse/subthumb.cfm?sub=957
  Images of adult and nymph.

• Oak Treehopper: Platycotis vittata

  http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/in519
  Distribution, description, life history, behavior. Includes photographs and references.

• Platycotis vittata: Oak Treehopper

  http://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/creatures/orn/oak_treehopper.htm
  Provides photographs and a description of this insect, its distribution, life history, behavior and host range.

• Thorn Bug: Umbonia crassicornis

  http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/in332
  Distribution, description, life history, behavior. Includes photographs and references.

• Treehopper

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Membracidae
  Information from Wikipedia on the insect family, Membracidae, often known as thorn bugs because of their enlarged thorax which resembles a thorn.

• Umbonia crassicornis (Thorn Treehopper)

  http://www.bugguide.net/node/view/4791/
  Photos, scientific classification, physical traits, range, habitat, and diet.

• Umbonia crassicornis: Thorn Bug

  http://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/creatures/orn/thorn_bug.htm
  Provides photographs and a description of this pest of ornamentals and fruit trees, its distribution, identification, biology and host range.

 

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