Hemicardiacus

Hemicardiacus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animals
Type of:	Arthropods
Grade:	Insects
Squad:	Half-winged
Suborder:	Auchenorrhyncha
Infrastructure:	Cicadomorpha
Family:	Humpback
Subfamily:	Smiliinae
Gender:	Hemicardiacus
Latin name
	Hemicardiacus Plummer, 1945

Hemicardiacus (lat.) Is a genus of winged insects from the humpback family ( Smiliinae , Membracidae ). Neotropics ( Central America ). Pronotum high leaf-shaped, almost completely covers the front wings, humeral angles enlarged, long, with their base close to the lateral edges of the eyes. Host plants: Fagaceae ( Quercus ) ^[1] .

Content

1 Systematics
2 notes
3 Literature
4 References

Systematics

The genus is included in the subfamily Smiliinae as incertae sedis . Previously included in either the Telamonini tribe or the Smiliini ^[1] ^[2] .

Hemicardiacus saundersi plummer

Notes

↑ ¹ ² Matthew S. Wallace, Lewis L. Deitz, and Mark J. Rothschild. Hemicardiacus Plummer, 1945 . Treehoppers: Aetalionidae, Melizoderidae, and Membracidae (Hemiptera) . National Science Foundation, NCSU Insect Museum, and East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania. (February 27, 2012). Date of treatment June 15, 2013.
↑ Wallace, MS 2011: Morphology-based phylogenetic analysis of the treehopper tribe Smiliini (Hemiptera: Membracidae: Smiliinae), with reinstatement of the tribe Telamonini. - Zootaxa , 3047: 1-42.

Literature

McKamey, SH 1998. Taxonomic Catalog of the Membracoidea (exclusive of leafhoppers): Second Supplement to Fascicle 1 Membracidae of the General Catalog of the Hemiptera. - Mem. Amer. Entomol. Inst. 60: 1-377.
Metcalf, ZP; Wade, V. 1963. A Bibliography of the Membracoidea and Fossil Homoptera (Homoptera: Auchenorhyncha). - North Carolina State [University], Raleigh. iv + 200 pp.
Metcalf, ZP; Wade, V. 1965. General Catalog of the Homoptera. A Supplement to Fascicle I Membracidae of the General Catalog of Hemiptera. Membracoidea. In Two Sections. - North Carolina State University, Raleigh. 1552 pp.

Links

Matthew S. Wallace, Lewis L. Deitz, and Mark J. Rothschild. Hemicardiacus Plummer, 1945 . Treehoppers: Aetalionidae, Melizoderidae, and Membracidae (Hemiptera) . National Science Foundation, NCSU Insect Museum, and East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania. (February 27, 2012). Date of treatment June 15, 2013.
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[insectmuseum-1] ¹ ² Matthew S. Wallace, Lewis L. Deitz, and Mark J. Rothschild. Hemicardiacus Plummer, 1945 . Treehoppers: Aetalionidae, Melizoderidae, and Membracidae (Hemiptera) . National Science Foundation, NCSU Insect Museum, and East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania. (February 27, 2012). Date of treatment June 15, 2013.

[Wallace2011-2] Wallace, MS 2011: Morphology-based phylogenetic analysis of the treehopper tribe Smiliini (Hemiptera: Membracidae: Smiliinae), with reinstatement of the tribe Telamonini. - Zootaxa , 3047: 1-42.