Biology:Agallia

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Short description: Genus of true bugs

Agallia
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Agallia constricta
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadellidae
Genus: Agallia

Agallia is a genus of leafhoppers in the family Cicadellidae. There are about 8 described species in Agallia.[1][2][3] During courtship displays and mating, both males and females of the species A. constricta alternate in making ticking sounds.[4]

Agallia quadripunctata

Species

  • Agallia barretti
  • Agallia brachyptera
  • Agallia constricta Van Duzee, 1894 (constricted leafhopper)
  • Agallia deleta
  • Agallia lingula Van Duzee, 1907
  • Agallia lingulata
  • Agallia modesta Osborn & Ball, 1898
  • Agallia peregrinans (Stal, 1859)
  • Agallia quadripunctata (Provancher, 1872) (four-spotted clover leafhopper)

References

Further reading

  • Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.. 
  • 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. 

Wikidata ☰ Q10402546 entry