Cladonota

Cladonota
Cladonota apicalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Membracidae
Subfamily: Membracinae
Genus: Cladonota
Stål, 1869
Type species
Membracis paradoxus
Germar, 1821
Subgenera
  • Falculifera McKamey, 1997
  • Cladonota Stål, 1869
  • Lecythifera Fowler, 1894
  • Lobocladisca Stål, 1869
Diversity
59 described species

Cladonota is a genus of neotropical treehoppers (family Membracidae) widespread from Mexico to South America. They are known for their elaborate pronotum shapes, hypothesized to play a role in camouflage or mate recognition, although their function is not yet known with certainty.[1][2] Previously described as a subgenus of Sphongophorus, it was recognized as a genus of its own right in 1997 after the latter was synonymized with Hypsauchenia.[3][4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference review part i was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Sphongophorus Fairmaire, 1846". gbif.org.
  3. ^ Fairmaire, Léon (1846). "Revue de la Tribu des membracides". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 1-6. 2: 260.
  4. ^ "Treehoppers: Aetalionidae, Melizoderidae, and Membracidae (Hemiptera)". insectmuseum.org.