Carynota mera
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
Family: | Membracidae |
Genus: | Carynota |
Species: | C. mera
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Binomial name | |
Carynota mera (Say, 1830)
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Carynota mera is a species of treehopper. It belongs to the genus Carynota in the family Membracidae.[2] It was first described by Thomas Say in 1830 as Membracis mera.[1][3]
Habitat
[edit]Carynota mera is found across the Eastern United States and Eastern Canada.[4]
Appearance
[edit]The pronotum of Carynota mera, unlike other treehoppers of Telamonini, is rounded. Males are 8.5 mm long while females are 10 mm long.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Kopp, Dennis D. & Yonke, Thomas R. (1974). "The Treehoppers of Missouri: Part 4. Subfamily Smiliinae; Tribe Telamonini (Homoptera: Membracidae)". Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 47 (1): 80–130. JSTOR 25082624.
- ^ "Species Carynota mera". bugguide.net. Retrieved 2024-01-04.
- ^ a b "Hoppers of North Carolina". auth1.dpr.ncparks.gov. Retrieved 2024-01-04.
- ^ "Carynota mera". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2024-01-04.