Xyphon

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Membracoidea

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

Familia: Cicadellidae
Subfamilia: Cicadellinae
Tribus: Cicadellini
Genus: Xyphon
Species (7): X. flaviceps – X. fulgidum – X. gillettei – X. nudum – X. reticulatum – X. spadice – X. triguttatum

Name

Xyphon Hamilton, 1985

• Type species: Diedrocephala flaviceps Riley, 1880

References

Primary references

• Young, D.A. 1977. Taxonomic study of the Cicadellinae (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Part 2. New World Cicadellini and the genus Cicadella. Technical Bulletin of the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station 239: i–vi, 1–1135. Online Reference page. 
• Hamilton, K.G.A. 1985. Review of Draeculacephala Ball (Homoptera, Auchenorrhyncha, Cicadellidae). Entomologische Abhandlungen und Berichte aus dem Staatlichen Museum fur Tierkunde in Dresden 49(5), 83–103.

Additional references

• Catanach, T.A., Dietrich, C.H. & Woolley, J.B. 2013. A revision of the New World sharpshooter genus Xyphon Hamilton (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellinae). Zootaxa 3741(4): 490–510. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3741.4.3 Reference page. 

Links

• Xyphon - Taxon details in Catalogue of Life Database retrieved from 10-16-23 version.