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MICHIGAN SPIT TLEB UGS

BY

MURRAY K. HANNA
A

A THESIS

Submitted to the School of Graduate Studies of Michigan
State College of Agriculture and Applied Science
in partial fulfillment of the requirements
for the degree of

MASTER OF SCIENCE

Department of Entomology

1951

(mama

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The author wishes to express his sincere thanks to
Dr. Herman King under whose supervision and kindly interest
this investigation was undertaken; to Mr. Thomas Marshall of
the Botany Department for assistance in the determination of
plant material; and to Dr. J. R. Hoffman for lessons in
photomicrography.

The author is also indebted to Professor Ray Hutson,
head of the Entomology Department, for use of material de-
posited in the Michigan State College insect collection, and to
Drs. J. Speed Rodgers and T. H. Hubbell for access to insect
material deposited in the University of Michigan Museum of

ZOOIOgy at Ann Arbor.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction

Chronicle . . . . . . . .
Historical Background .

Methods, Equipment and Procedure
Spittlebugs Recorded from Michigan
A Key to the Cercopidae of Michigan
Summary.......
Literature Cited .

Key to the Plates

Page

23
34
38
58
75
77

84

INTRODUCTION

Michigan Spittlebug s

The insects commonly known as "spittlebugs" or "frog—
hoppers" belong to the order Homoptera, family Cercopidae.
Other common representatives of this order are plant lice,
leafhoppers, and mealybugs.

The order HomOptera exhibits a high degree of special-

ization. The gula is absent or represented merely by a mem-
brane. The head is inflexed in such a manner that it comes
into contact with the fore coxae. The mouthparts, arising

from the hind part of the head, include paired mandibular and
maxillary setae. This type of mouthparts is well adapted for
piercing and sucking.

Insects belonging to the-family Cercopidae have structure
and arrangement which readily distinguish them from members
of other homopterous families. The antennae, inserted beneath
the vertex and between the eyes, are setaceous with two bead-

like basal segments. The cylindrical hind tibiae, each crowned

with a crescent of spical spines, bear one to three stout,
lateral spurs.

These family characteristics readily distinguish spittle-
bugs from insects belonging to related families. The hind
tibiae of insects belonging to the family Cicadellidae are each
armed for the entire length with a row of spines beneath,
while the hind tibiae of spittlebugs are each armed with one
to three stout, lateral Spurs. Insects. belonging to the family
Fulgoridae may have tibial spurs similar to those of spittle—-
bugs, but in this instance the antennae are inserted beneath
rather than between the eyes.

Immature spittlebugs (Plate II, Figs. 1 to 8) have the
unique habit of surrounding themselves with a white bubbly
foam. This frothy mass, frequently called "spittle," apparently
affords the nymphal stages protection against parasites and
predators. Species adapted to arid conditions make spittle
masses on subterranean portions of plants. Spittle is composed
of anal excretions fluffed with air. More than one or even
nymphs of different Species may occur within each mass of
spittle. In the sixth century it was believed that the froth

masses were the spit of the cuckoo bird and that the insects

were spontaneously generated from it. During the sixteenth
century it was thought that certain plants secreted the white
spittle mass and a list was made of the plants which seemingly
produced the Spittle. During another period Spittlebug froth
was thought to be tree frog spit. At the present time these
creatures are known simply as Spittlebugs or frOghoppers.
Presumably, the latter name was suggested by the formidable
leaping power and squat appearance of commonly encountered
forms.

Spittlebug nymphs have a curious arrangement of
spiracles. The spiracles are situated in such a manner that
they will not become choked with the froth within which the
immature forms develop. An invagination of the ventral
surface of the abdomen is canal-like in appearance. The
tergal plates and pleura of the abdomen have been produced
and bent around to form a large air—chamber or reservoir
on the underside. The spiracles open into the upper part of
this chamber. Although immature spittlebugs may seal them-
selves with froth, the amount of air trapped in the chamber

seems sufficient for considerable time. It appears likely that

4
nymphs must break through the covering of froth from time to
time to replenish fresh air supplies.

Nearly all Spittlebug Species occurring in Michigan are
of similar life cycle and habit. Usually there is one genera-
tion per year, the winter being passed in the egg stage. Late
in the season the eggs (Plate I, Fig. 3) are deposited by
gravid females on stems or twigs of the nymphal host plant.
In the spring the eggs hatch into tiny, Wingless, nearly color-
less, crawling creatures that make their way to young, suc—
culent plant tissue. Here the numphs settle down, insert their
beaks, and begin to ingest the juices of the plant. Almost im-
mediately upon feeding, the nymphs make protective spittle
masses. There are four nymphal instars, the numphs of each
instar undergoing transformations in size and structure. Nymphs
are very active, moving about on the same plant or even mi-
grating to adjacent plants. The nymphs of the fourth instar,
upon undergoing ecdysis, emerge as winged imagoes. The
adult stage is an active, free—living, sexually mature form.
Newly emerged adults, like the foregoing stages, are pale
yellowish in color. Shortly after ecdysis, however, pigment

becomes deposited in the integument and elytra, and within a

few hours typical adult pigmentation has resulted. Sometimes
both immature and adult stages of a spittlebug species have
similar food habits. In other instances, the plant hosts of
the nymphal and imaginal stages may differ.

There are certain exceptions to this generalized account.
One species is believed to winter over as winged adult. In
this instance the eggs hatch during the same season they are
deposited. Likewise, it is possible that certain other species
may produce more than one generation during a single season
if favorable conditions prevail.

Doering (2.4) summarizes records concerning ovipositing

and feeding habits of spittlebugs. She relates that Clastoptera

 

obtusa Say deposits eggs during September and October in bark
of alder, frequently behind buds, and during July on new growth

in slits. Clastoptera proteus Fitch deposits one to three eggs

 

per puncture, presumably on dogwood, beneath bark on outer

twigs. Lepyronia quadrangularis Say deposits eggs during the

 

spring in rotten stems and twigs. The female Philaenus

 

lineatus (Linn.) does not thrust her ovipositor through any
portion of plant tissue, but merely inserts the eggs between

stalk and sheath of grasses within two or three inches of the

ground. There are two to twenty-four eggs per mass, and
each mass is surrounded with a white, frothy material that is

tough and inelastic. Philaenus leucophthalmus (Linn.) deposits

 

eggs in single rows, two to eighteen eggs per mass and
covered by a protective material. In addition, Craighead (16)

reports that eggs of Aphrophora parallela (Say) are deposited

 

at the bases of the terminal buds of pine during July and
August.

Shaw made the following interesting early record which
quite generally expresses the present considerations concerning
a common Michigan species, the meadow Spittlebug, in General
Zoology (1806).

"Among the smaller European Cicadae one of the
most remarkable is the Cicada spumaria or Cuckow-spit
Cicada, so named from the circumstance of its larva being
constantly found enveloped! in a mass of white froth ad—
hering to the leaves and stems of vegetables. This froth,
which is pOpularly known by the name of Cuckow—spittle,
is found during the advanced state of summer, and is the
production of the included larva, which, from the time of
its hatching from the egg deposited by the parent insect,
continues, at intervals, to suck the juices of the stem on
which it resides, and to discharge them from its vent in
the form of very minute bubbles, and by continuing this
Operation, completely covers itself with a large mass of
froth; which is sometimes so overcharged with moisture,
that a drOp may be seen hanging from its under surface.
The included larva, or pupa, (for no material difference
can be observed between these two states,) when arrived

 

at its full growth, is about the fifth of an inch in length,

of an oval shape, with broad head and thorax, and slightly
pointed abdomen: its colour is a beautiful pale green, and
the trunk or sucker with which it extracts the sap of the
plant, may be observed by examining the under part of the
thorax, where it will be seen pressed down in a strait
direction from the head. When the time arrives in which
the animal is to undergo its change into the complete in-
sect, it ceases to absorb any longer the juices of the plant
and to discharge the protecting over the insect, instead of
entirely investing it as before: the skin of the larva is
gradually thrown off, and the animal in its complete form
emerges from its concealment. It size is scarcely superior
to that of the larva, but its colour is brown, with a pair of
broad, irregular, pale or whitish bands across the upper
wings. If disturbed, it nimbly springs to a great distance,
and is commonly known by the name of the Froghopper,
from some fancied resemblance to the colour and shape of
that animal in miniature. These insects breed during the
month of September, and towards the beginning of October
deposit their eggs, which are not hatched till the succeeding

Spring. "

CHRONICLE

The chronicle acknowledges important contributions con—
cerning spittlebugs in order of their appearance. Not all
inclusions of the chronicle were consulted in preparation of

this work.

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Linne, Carl
1761 II. Hemiptera, Cicada.

Fauna Suecica Sistens animalia Sueciae regini:
Mammalia, Aves, Amphibia, Pices, Insecta, Vermes.
Distributa per classes et ordines, genera et species,
cum differentiis specierurn, synonyrnis auctorum,
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Brewster.

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Amyot, C. J., and J. G. Serville

1843 Hemipteres
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Walker, Francis
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collection of the British Museum.

Fitch, Asa
1856 (original description)
Trans. N. Y. St. Ag. Soc. Vol. SVI.

Le Conte, John Lawrence
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of North America. Edited by John L. Le Conte, M. D.

Uhler, Philip Reese
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Dallas, William Sweetland
1867 Insecta
Zool. Rec. III

Walsh, B. D., and C. V. Riley
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American EntomolOgist

Dallas, William Sweetland

1870 Rhynchota
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Uhler, Philip Reese
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Brandt, E.
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Ratte, A. Felix
1885 On the larva—cases of some Australian Aphrophoridae.

Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales.

10
Lintner, Joseph Albert
1888 Ptyelus lineatus (Linneaus). The lined Spittlehopper
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of the State of New York.
Rept. New York State Mus. Nat. Hist.

 

Lintner, Joseph Albert
1889 Clastoptera obtusa (Say). The alder Spittleinsect in
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State of New York. .
Rept. New York State Mus. Nat. Hist.

 

Provancher, Leon
1889-9O Deuxieme sous-ordre les Homopteres.
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Fernald, Charles H.
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Lintner, Joseph Albert
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of New York.
Rept. New York State Mus. Nat. Hist.

 

 

Lintner, Joseph Albert
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Goding, Frederic Webster
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Bull. Illinois St. Lab. Nat. Hist. Vol. III.

ll

Osborn, Herbert
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Ball, Elmer Darwin
1896 A study of the genus Clastoi>tera
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Baker, Charles Fuller
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Fowler, William Weeks
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Ball, Elmer Darwin
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Fabre, J. H.
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Ball, Elmer Darwin
1901 The food habits of some AphrOphora larvae.
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Heidemann, Otto
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Germ.
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Meek, Walter J.
1903 On the mouthparts of the Hemiptera
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Girault, A. Arsene
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12

Felt, Ephriam Porter
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-Bull. New York State Mus. Vol. VI.

 

 

Boring, Alice M.
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chromosome.
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Guilbeau, Braxton H.
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Davis, John June
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Kirkaldy, G. W.
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Handlirsch, Anton
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Carlee, J. J. A.
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l3

Carmody, P.
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Haupt, H.
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Kershaw, J. C.

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Kershaw, J. C.-
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l4

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Weiss, Harry Bischoff
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in New Jersey.
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from Wisconsin.
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15

Ball, Elmer Darwin
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Moore, George A.
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Metcalf, Zeno Payne
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Barber, G. W., and B. B. Pepper
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l6

Boring, Alice M.
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Garman, Philip
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Ann. Rept. Ent. Soc. Ontario, Vol. LXX.

Putman, William L.
1939 The plum nursery mite (Phyllocoptes fockeui Nal. and

Trt.).
Ann. Rept. Ent. Soc. Ontario, Vol. LXX.

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Thomas, Harold E.
1939 The production of strawberries in California.
Circ. California Agr. Ext. Serv. Vol. CXIII.

Doering, Kathleen Clare
1941 A revision of two genera of North American Cerc0pidae.
Jour,. Kansas Ent. Soc. Vol. XIV.

Speers, C. F.
1941 The pine spittlebug (Aphrophora parallela Say).
Tech. Publ. New York State Coll. For. Vol. LIV.

Doering, Kathleen Clare
1942 Host plant records of Cerc0pidae in North America,
North of Mexico.
Jour. Kansas Ent. Soc. Vol. XV.

Metcalf, Zeno Payne
1942 Bibliography Homoptera Auchenorhyncha
N. C. State College Agriculture and Engineering
University of North Carolina.

Froeschner, Richard C.
1946 The Cercopidae or Spittlebugs of Missouri
Jour. Kansas Ent. Soc. Vol. XIX, No. l.

Mundinger, F. G.
1946 The control of spittle insects in strawberry plantings.
Jour. Econ. Ent. Vol. XXXIX, No. 3.

Anderson, R. F.
1947 SaratOga spittlebug injury to pine.
Jour. Econ. Ent. Vol. XXXX, No.

Scholl, J. M., and J. T. Medler
1947 Spittlebugs in relation to alfalfa seed production in

Wisconsin.
Jour. Econ. Ent. Vol. XXXX, No. 3.

Anderson, R. F.
1948 The Saratoga Spittlebug
Jour. Econ. Ent. Vol.

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Pederson, C. E., and F. Sherman
1948 Field applications to control Spittlebugs in Michigan.
Jour. Econ. Ent. Vol. XXXXI, No. 4.

Craighead, F. C.
1949 Insect Enemies of Eastern Forests.
United States Dept. of Agriculture Misc. Pub. No.

657.

Medler, J. T., and T. R. Chamberlin
1949 Low pressure spraying equipment for control of some

forage insects.
Jour. Econ. Ent. Vol. XXXXII, No. 2.

Chamberlin, T. R., and J. T. Medler
1950 Further tests of insecticides to control meadow spittle—
bugs on alfalfa.
Jour. Econ. Ent. Vol. XXXXIII, No. 6.

DeLong, D. ,M., and H. H. ‘P. Severin
1950 Spittle—insect vectors of Pierce's disease virus, Part
1, Characters, Distribution, and Food Plants.
Hilgardia, Vol. XIX, No. 11.

Muesebeck, C. F. W.
1950 Common names of Insects approved by the American
Association of Economic Entomologists.
Jour. Econ. Ent. Vol. XXX, No. 1..

Severin, H. H. P.
1950 Spittle-insect vectors of Pierce's disease virus, part

II. Life history and virus transmission.
Hilgardia, Vol. XIX, No. 11.

Weaver, C. R.
1950 Improvement in hay yields resulting from control of
the meadow spittlebug.
Jour. Econ. Ent. Vol. XXXXIII, No. l.

Ahmed, Dhia D.
1950 Life history of the meadow spittlebug in Ohio.
Jour, Econ. Ent. Vol. XXXXIII, No. 6.

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Weaver, C. R.
1951 The seasonal behavior of meadow Spittlebug and its

relation to a control method.
Jour. Econ. Ent. Vol. XXXXIV, No. 3.

Weaver, C. R.
1951 Meadow Spittlebug control with low and high volume

insecticide applications.
Jour. Econ. Ent. Vol. XXXXIV, No. 2.

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

About thirteen hundred species of Spittlebugs have been
described from all parts of the world. A great portion of
these occur in Central and South America and in the region
of Australia and the Orient. Although the family Cerc0pidae
is of world—wide distribution, comparatively few representa-
tives occur in Michigan. These few, until rather recently,
have been imperfectly known. Literature, scattered and frag-
mentary, often contained incorrect generic references. Spe-
cific determinations, owing to the remarkable color similarity
between certain species and the extreme color variation in
others, have been rendered very questionable.

According to Lallemand (34) Linnaeus first described
various Species of Spittlebugs placing them all under the genus
Cicada. Some of the species described by Linnaeus occur in
Michigan. Fabricus created the genus Cercopis to which he
relegated all spittlebug species. Leach along with Amyot and
Serville are responsible for descriptions of the family character-
istics of Cerc0pidae. Leach described the family Cerc0pidae

naming the group Cercopida. Amyot and Serville gave the

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characteristics of the family and of the genus Lepyronia.

 

Garmar described the genera Aphrophora and Clastoptera.

 

 

Stal described the genus Philaenus. Ball described the only
remaining genus represented by Spittlebug species occurring

in Michigan, Philaronia.

 

Systematic work on American spittlebugs, except for
isolated descriptions and a few lists, was first done by Uhler.
Articles published. by Ball during 1895 and 1898 comprised the
foremost work of its time on North American spittlebugs.

Since then both Ball and other authors have published numerous
accounts concerning spittlebugs.

Lallemand (34) divided Cerc0pidae into three subfamilies.
They are Machaerotinae, Cerc0pinae, and Aphrophorinae.. Al-
though the subfamilies Machaerotinae and Cercopinae are not
known to occur in Michigan, they are of considerable interest.

Members of the subfamily Machaerotinae occur most
abundantly in the Oriental and Australian regions. None are
known to occur in the United States. Members of the sub-
family Machaerotinae exhib1t remarkable structure and habit.
The scutellum is longer than the pronotum and is produced up-

ward and back into a movable spine—like process. This

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modification is unique for the group. Members of this sub-
family are known as "tube-building" spittlebugs. Nymphs of
the tube—building spittlebugs surround themselves with a frothy
mass of excreta which hardens into a calcareous tube attached
to the host plant. Nymphspof each Species construct tubes of
a distinctive Shape and live in their own froth inside these
tubes. The last nymphal stage resembles a true pupa.

Members of the subfamily Cerc0pinae are character-
ized by having the anterior margin of the pronotum cut off in
a nearly straight line immediately behind the globular eyes.
The width of the pronotum is considerably greater than the
distance across the vertex and eyes. The sugarcane frog-

hopper, Tomaspis varia Fabr. is a sugarcane pest of consider—

 

.able economic importance. Although not directly associated
with Michigan spittlebugs, this insect, in consequence of being
the object of intense study, has been a contributing factor in
the advance of knowledge concerning spittlebugs. Only one
Species of this group occurs in the United States. This Species

occurs in two forms, Tomaspis bicincta var. bicincta (Say),

 

the banded form, and Tomaspis bicincta var. ignipecta Fitch,

the dark form. The typical form, Tomaspis bicincta var.

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bicincta, is dark chestnut brown in color, with a narrow trans-
verse band across the pronotum and two slightly wider ones
parallel to this trisecting the elytra. The color of these
bands may range from red to creamy—yellow. In the varietal

form, Tomaspis bicincta var. ignipecta Fitch, the bands are

 

partly or entirely absent. The varietal distribution of this
insect is quite conspicuous. The banded form normally ranges
from Southern New Jersey southward through the gulf states
and up the Mississippi Valley as far as Central Iowa. The
dark form ranges from Southern New Jersey northward into
Maine and westward to Pennsylvania.

Morse (40) discovered a number of the banded form in
a restricted area in the central western part of Maine, the
northern limit of distribution for the species. In surrounding
localities only the dark form could be found. The occurrence
of such aberrant groups would indicate (that the two forms must
breed true within their range of distribution.

Brown (13) reported on the role of morpholOgy in sys—
tematics. The boundaries between species have been vague in
the minds of systematists. The term Species has been difficult

to define. Species, according to Brown, have reality in nature.

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A species is made up of actually or potentially interbreeding
natural populations which are reproductively isolated from
other such populations. Within a Species populations may
exist which are sufficiently distinct to be recognized as sub—
species. Species and subspecies are differentiated by charac-
ters of the same order.

Boring (12) reported that among spittlebugs specific
differences are frequently correlated with differences in
chromosome number. The meadow spittlebug, Philaenus

leucophthalmus (Linn.), has twelve as the reduced number of

 

chromosomes while Philaenus lineatus (Linn.) has fifteen;

 

Aphrophora quadrinatata (Say) has fourteen while Aphrcmhora

 

 

 

parallela (Say) has fifteen; Lepyronia quadrangularis (Say) has

eleven; and ClastOptera obtusa Say has eight, while ClastoPtera

 

 

proteus Fitch has seven. Tomaspis bicincta var. bicincta (Say)

 

and Tomaspis bicincta var. ignipecta Fitch each have ten as

 

the reduced number of chromosomes. CytolOgical studies re-

veal the chromosomal make—up of Tomaspis bicincta var.

 

bicincta (Say) and Tomaspis bicincta var. ignipecta Fitch to be
identical. Likewise, no distinction was found between chromo—

some groupings of various varieties of the meadow Spittlebug.

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In spittlebugs, varietal differences do not seem to be expressed
in visible differences of any sort in the chromosomes.

Several of the spittlebug species found in Michigan occur
in variety. The varietal forms of Michigan Species are sep-
arated on the basis of coloration. Individuals determined to
variety on the basis of coloration may differ in respect to
other genetic factors. Yet few, if any, biological variations
have been observed among varietal forms of Michigan species,
as they are taken tOgether in the same situations. (It should
be noted that such is not the case with Tomaspis bicincta var.
bicincta (Say), a form of southern distribution, and Tomaspis
bicincta var. ignipecta Fitch, a form of northern distribution.)
The occurrence of color types intermediate of typical varietal
forms suggests genetical blending of varietal color character-
istics. Repeated field observations of distinct varieties inter-
mating support this Speculation. In the section of this work
devoted to classification varietal forms are given consideration,
although their significance is not known.

All Spittlebugs have functional mouthparts and feed by

sucking juices from plants.

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An interesting internal feature of these insects is the
remarkable filter-chamber of the gut which provides means
for good to be "short-circuited" from the crop to the hind-
gut with only the more solid food passing through the midgut.
This feature enables spittlebugs to become gourmands sucking
quantities of sap far in excess of nutritional requirements.

In some parts of the world spittlebug infestations have given
'origin to the so—called "rain-trees. " Great numbers of these
insects feeding on a tree may excrete such quantities of liquid
that it falls as rain, running down the trunk and out over the

‘ earth. In this country conifers sometimes become so heavily
infested by the pine Spittlebug that liquid may drip from the
Spittle masses and flow along the twigs and branches. Adult
forms of the pine spittlebug eject undigested sap in the form
of a mist. This mist, when produced by heavy infestations,
may appear as falling rain.

Depredation and injury resulting from spittlebug attack
have become economic factors in the production of crops.
Some species restrict feeding to a single host species during
both nymphal and imaginal stages. The active stages of other

species may attack a variety of plants.

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In the mid—western states and the area surrounding the
Great Lakes four spittlebug species may become of some
economic concern. These are the Saratoga spittlebug, the
pine spittlebug, the lined spittlebug, and the meadow spittle-
bug, all of which occur in Michigan.

Osborn (45) treated the economic importance and life
histories of all but the Saratoga spittlebug.

The adult stage of the Saratoga spittlebug is a pest of

pine. The nymphal stages are passed on sweetfern, Comptonia

 

peregrina (L.), and many other plants, but never on pine.

Craighead (16) suggests damage may be lessened or
prevented by maintaining close stands of pine, and encouraging
the better hardwoods to help in crowding out Sweetfern.

Both the adult and immature forms of the pine spittle--
bug are pests of pine.

Craighead (16) reports Entomgahthora aphroihora E.
Raster, a parasitic fungus, is an important natural—control
factor operating on the pine Spittlebug. The relationship be—
tween the pine spittlebug and the parasite is such that periodic

outbreaks of the insect may occur about every nine years.

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Chemical control measures may be employed against this pest
on ornamentals.

The lined spittlebug is considered somewhat of a meadow
pest. In Michigan it occurs along with the meadow spittlebug,
but usually not abundantly enough to warrant special attention.

The meadow spittlebug is the most abundant spittlebug
in Michigan. It occurs in nine color varieties.

Ahmed and Davidson (1) have studied the life history of
the meadow spittlebug in Ohio. The frothy mass or spittle
within which members of this species Spend their immature
lives is made by nymphs while feeding on tender, rooted plants.
Spittle is formed from normal alimentary excretions. The
production of spittle is initiated by droplets of fluid excreted
from the anal Opening. The tip of the abdomen is extended
beyond the fluid, and then whipped back catching a bubble of
air. This action is rapidly repeated until a foamy mass of
spittle has resulted.

Putman (47) considered the meadow Spittlebug a carrier
of the plum mite, PhyllocoPtes frockeui Nal. and Trt.

Among the economic plants attacked by the immature

stages of this insect are strawberry, celery, clover, and

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alfalfa. Injury caused by the immature forms results from
excessive feeding and extracting of plant sap in maintaining
protective spittle masses. Attack by the adults on clover and
alfalfa may result in shortening of the internodes and dwarfing
of entire plants. Injured alfalfa may present a characteristic
bunchy-top condition. Seed pod injury may result in a high

percentage of shriveled seed.

Weaver (57) stated that complete elimination of spittle-
bug nymphs by high concentrations of insecticide increased
first cutting yields of red clover and alfalfa up to fifty—five
percent. Some increase in carotenoid and protein content
also resulted.

Medler, O'Neal, and Chamberlin (37) stated that to be
very effective, insecticides should be applied when most of the
nymphs are in the first or second instar. When applied to
alfalfa or clover at that time certain chemicals seemed to
have both immediate and residual action on the young nymphs
migrating from the lower parts of the stem to the tOps, where
most of the late instars are found.

Scholl and Medler (48) described an interesting applica-

tion of chemical control against adult spittlebugs which reduced

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populations in alfalfa from ten per Sweep to one per sweep.
First a trap strip was cut in the field and when the new growth
became succulent, the remainder of the field was cut. Spittle-
bugs migrated to the succulent trap strip which was then
treated with insecticides.

Weaver (58) studied the seasonal behavior of the meadow
spittlebug in Ohio. Important Spittlebug damage to legume
crOps is usually done during the first season of harvest. In
second and third year meadows the spittlebug usually does not
appear in economically important numbers. Egg masses are
most readily deposited on grain stubble and only occasionally
on legume stubble and green plant parts. First year meadows,
previously seeded to grain, are likely to receive a large
number of eggs. Reduction of egg deposition in a field will,
in effect, reduce the subsequent nymphal infestation. Ordinar—
ily, chemical control measures employed against adult popula—
tions within an area are of temporary nature, as reinfestation
may occur. However, as developing eggs ripen, gravid female
spittlebugs become less active. Weaver found control measures
effective when applied prior to oviposition against adult spittle-

bugs torpid coincident with egg develOpment.

METHODS, EQUIPMENT, AND PROCEDURE

At the time this work was contemplated the Spittlebug
fauna of Michigan was incompletely known. The Saratoga
spittlebug, pine spittlebug, lined spittlebug, meadow spittle-
bug, and dogwood spittlebug were conspicuous by abundance or
pestilence. The remainder, for the most part, was overlooked.

The initial preparation for this undertaking consisted of
reviewing the college collection and abstracting literature on
the subject. The college collection contained thousands of
specimens of the meadow spittlebug which had not been deter-
mined to variety. Likewise, other species, some named, bearing
Michigan locality labels were included, but in such small nurn—
bers that two or three specimens usually constituted a series.
The spittlebug material belonging to the University of Michigan
Museum of Zoology, although largely undetermined, was also
made available for study. This material included about three
hundred and fifty specimens bearing Michigan locality labels,
and representing many species and varieties.

Rearing was initiated when spittle masses first appeared

in the field. Nymphs naturally occurring on host plants were

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caged, and the insects identified at maturity. Material to be
reared was confined within cylinders Of copper screening im-
bedded in the earth sustaining the host plant. The Open ends
of these cylinders were sealed with lawn cloth. In some in-
stances, pockets made of lawn cloth and drawn closed with
rubber bands were employed satisfactorily for confinement of
immature stages to their host plants. Fifty cages enclosing
infested strawberry plants were set in the vicinity of East
Lansing. About one hundred and fifty other cages, most of
them made Of lawn cloth, were set in several areas of central
and southeastern Michigan. After being set, these cages were
revisited at infrequent intervals until the insects had matured.
The insects were collected at maturity, mounted on card
points, and labeled. The host plant was recorded whenever
known. Otherwise, sample material was collected for later
identification.

During the summer of 1951 field collections and Obser-
vations were made in Ingham, Jackson, Hillsdale, Lenawee,
Washtenaw, Livingston, Oakland, Wayne, and Monroe Counties.
Much of the material collected was merely inSpected and dis-

carded, only the less common species and varieties being

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retained. These were confined to the collecting jar until
pinned and labeled. A number of nymphs were collected and
preserved in dilute diaphane solvent. After prolonged preser~
vation, many of them were removed and successfully mounted
on card points.

Specimens Obtained from these various sources were
examined in an attempt to devise an identification key based
on spot characteristics such as wing venation, male internal
genitalia, and external structure. Since this attempt was un-
successful, the works Of several authors were modified and
adapted to provide a key for the determination of Michigan
Spittlebugs.

The plates supplementing the key are composites of
photomicrographs, Obtained by photographing the subjects through
a binocular dissecting microscope having a one power Objective
and a ten power ocular. Kodak 122 loaded with pancromatic
film was employed. The camera was coupled in such a man-
ner that the eye point of the microscope fell near the front
surface of the camera lens. The plane of focus was located
by projecting the image to a plastic screen temporarily sub—

stituted for film. _A fixed point was established in this plane

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as a guide for introducing subjects to be photographed. The
large labeled figures (Plate 1, Figs. 1-2) were taken with a
universal view camera having an extension bellows. The photo-
micrographs of each subject were trimmed and arranged on a
white background. These were then photographically copied

and reproduced.

SPITTLEBUGS RECORDED FROM MICHIGAN

Michigan Spittlebugs all belong to the subfamily Aphro-
phorinae. This group of insects is characterized by having
the anterior margin of the pronotum angulate or broadly
rounded and anteriorly produced between the eyes. The

fifteen species are distributed among five genera, Clastoptera,

 

AphrOphora, Lepyronia, Philaenus, and Philaronia. Five of

 

 

 

the species occur in two or more forms, making a total of
twenty-nine species and varieties occuring in Michigan.
Spittlebug Species are divided into varieties on the basis of
coloration. The species and varieties occurring in Michigan

are listed below.

ClastOptera hype rici Gibson.

 

ClastOptera saint—cyri var. saint-gyri Provancher

 

 

Clastoptera saint—cyri var. anceps Mc Atee

Clastoptera proteus var. nigricollis Fitch

 

 

ClastOptera proteus var. oseola Ball

 

Clastoptera proteus var. proteus Fitch

Cla stopte ra junipe rina Ball

 

Clastoptera obtusa var. obtusa Say

Clastoptera obtusa var. tristis Van Duzee

 

Clastoptera obtusa var. borealis Ball

 

Clastopte ra achatina Ge rmar

 

Aphropho ra gliadrinota Say

 

Aphroyhora parallela (Say)

 

Aphrophora saratOgensis (Fitch)

 

Aphrophora signoreti Fitch

 

Lepyronia quadrangulari 5 (Say)

 

Philaenus lineatus (Linn.)

 

Philaenus leucophthalmus var. impressus DeLong

 

 

Philaenus leucophthalmus var. fabricii Van Duzee

 

Philaenus leucophthalmus var. pallidus (Zett.)

 

Philaenus leuCOphthalmus var. leucophthalmus (Linn.)

 

 

Philaenus leucoghthalmus var. spumarius (Fall.)

 

 

Philaenus leucoghthalmus var. fasciatus (Fabr.)

 

Philaenus leuCOphthalmus var. leucocephalus (Linn.)

 

 

Philaenus leuCOphthalmus var. lateralis (Linn.)

Philaenus leucophthalmus var. marginellus (Fabr.)

 

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Philaronia a_l)jectus var. abjectus Uhler

 

Philaronia bilineata var. bilineata (Say)

 

Philaronia bilineata var. orbiculata Ball

 

 

Genus Clastoptera, Ge rmar

 

 

Clastoptera. Germar, Zeit. fur die Ento., p. 187 (1838).

ClastOptera is represented in NIichigan by six species.

 

 

They are Clastoptera hyperici Gibson, Clastoptera saint—cyri

Provancher, Clastoptera proteus Fitch, ClastOptera juniperina

 

Ball, Clastoptera obtusa Say, and Clastoptera achatina Germar.

 

 

ClastOptera saint-cyri Provancher occurs in two varietal forms,

 

while both ClastOptera proteus Fitch and ClastOptera obtusa Say

 

occur in three varietal forms.

Clastoptera hype rici Gib son.

Clastoptera proteus var. hyperici Gibson. McAtee, W. L. ,

 

Proc. Bio. Soc. Wash.) Vol. 33, p. 174, (1920).

This Species has been recorded from Maryland and

Virginia.

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Adults have been taken on Hypericurn prolificum.

 

Michigan records: Romulus, July 10, 1951, and Adrian,

July 24, 1951.

ClastOptera saint—cyri var. saint-cyri Provancher.

 

 

Clastoptera saint—cyri Provancher. Provancher, Nat. Can.

 

IV, p. 351, (1872).

This variety has been recorded from Connecticut,
Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey,
New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Michigan.

This variety occurs along with Clastoptera saint—cyri
var. anceps McAtee.

Michigan records: Flat Rock, July 5, 1951; Flat Rock,

July 17, 1951; and Adrian, July 27, 1951.

Clastoptera saint—cyri var. anceps McAtee.

Clastoptera proteus var. anceps McAtee. McAtee, W. C.

 

Proc. Bio. Soc. of Wash. 33, p. 174, (1920).

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This variety has been recorded from Maine, Maryland,

Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode
Island, Washington, D. C., Wisconsin, and Michigan.

The writer has reared this variety from spittle masses

occurring on Vaccinium in the vicinity of Flat Rock. The

 

mature forms were collected July 17, 1951.

The imago of this variety has been observed emerging
from the final exuvium. The newly emerged individual ap-
peared yellowish-white. Placed in a vial devoid of food Or
liquids, the insect gradually began to darken in color. After
six hours the coloration approached normal for this variety.

Michigan records: Flat Rock, July 5, 1951, and Flat

Rock, July 17, 1951.

Clastoptera proteus var. osceola Ball.

 

Clastoptera proteus var. osceola Ball. Ball, E. D. Can. Ent.,

 

Vol. 58, p. 108, (1927).

The common name of Clastoptera proteus Fitch is dog—

 

wood spittlebug. This variety has been recorded from Massa-

chusetts, New Jersey, New York, Wisconsin, and Michigan.

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It occurs along with Clastoptera proteus var. nigricollis

 

Fitch.

The writer has reared this variety from spittle masses
occurring on Cornus in the vicinity of Brighton. The mature
forms were collected July 2, 1951.

Michigan records: Brighton, July 2, 1951, and Wayne,

July 2, 1951.

Clastoptera proteus var. nigricollis Fitch.

 

 

ClastOptera proteus var. nigricollis Fitch. Fitch, Asa.

 

 

Homoptera, New York State Cab. Nat. Hist., p. 53, (1851).

This variety has been recorded from California, Colorado,
Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts,
Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hamp-
shire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania,
South Dakota, Texas, Utah, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Michi—
gan.

The writer has reared this variety from Spittle masses
occurring on Cornus in the vicinity Of Brighton. The mature
forms were collected July 2, 1951.

Michigan records: Brighton, July 2, 1951.

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Clastoptera proteus var. proteus Fitch.

 

Clastoptera proteus Fitch. Fitch, Asa. HomOptera, New York

 

State Cab. Nat. History, p. 53, (1851).

This variety has been recorded from Iowa, Kansas,
Massachusetts, Missouri, New York, South Dakota, and Wis—
consin.

This is not an abundant variety. It apparently occurs

along with Clastoptera proteus var nigricollis Fitch.

 

Michigan records: Brighton, July 2, 1951.

Clastopte ra junflae rina Ball.

Clastoptera obtusa var. lunijerina Ball. Ball, E. D. Ia. Acad.

 

 

Sci. XXVI, (1919).

This species has been recorded from Arizona, Califor—
nia, Colorado, Massachusetts, Montana, North Dakota, Texas,
Utah, Virginia, and Washington, D. C.

Nymphs, presumably Of this species, and adults have
been found on Juniperus.

Michigan records: Taylor Center, July 12, 1951, and

Adrian, July 23, 1951.

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ClastOptera obtusa var. obtusa Say.

 

Cerc0pis obtusa Say. Say, Thomas. Complete Writ. II,

 

p. 256, (1825).

This variety has been recorded from California,
Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Maryland,
Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Nebraska, New
Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South
Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Michigan.

Garman (28) reported the occurrence in Connecticut of

two broods of Clastoptera obtusa Say. Eggs had wintered over

 

on twigs. These hatched giving rise to a first brood of nymphs
which matured in early summer. Eggs deposited by mature in—
dividuals of the first brood gave rise to a second brood of
nymphs during the same summer. Eggs deposited by adults
Of this second brood winter Over.

The number of broods occurring in Michigan is not

known.

Michigan records: Douglas Lake, July 20, 1925.

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Clastoptera obtusa var. tristis Van Duzee.

 

Clastoptera obtusa var. tristis VanDuzee. VanDuzee, Bul.

 

Buf. Soc. Nat. Sci. X, p. 508, (1912).

This variety has been recorded from Alabama, Arizona,
California, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts,
New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania,
Florida, and Michigan.

Adults have been taken on T1_ll_i_a_.

Michigan records: Ann Arbor, July 5, 1951, and Flat

Rock, July 5, 1951.

Clastoptera obtusa var. borealis Ball.

 

ClastOptera obtusa var. borealis Ball. Bal , E. D. Proc. Ia.

 

Acad. Sci. XXVI, p. 145, (1919).

This variety has been recorded from California,
Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts,
North Carolina, North Dakota, New Jersey, New York, and
Michigan.

The writer has reared this variety from spittle masses

Occurring on Hamamelis in the vicinity Of Flat Rock. The

 

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mature forms were collected July 2, 1951. Adults have also
been taken on Tillia.

Michigan. records: Flat Rock, July 2, 1951, and Flat

Rock, July 17, 1951.

Clastopte ra achatina Ge rmar .

 

Clastoptera achatina Germar. Germar, Zeit. f. Ent. I, p. 87,

 

(1838).

This species has been recorded from Connecticut,
Florida, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Jersey,
New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, West
Virginia, Wisconsin, and Washington, D. C.

The writer has reared this Species from Spittle masses
occurring on 9311a. The mature forms were collected July 1,

1951.

Michigan records: East Lansing, July 1, 1951.

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Genus AphrOphora, Ge rmar

 

AphrOphora. Germar, Mag. Ent. Vol. 4, p. 50 (1821).

 

AphrOphora is represented in Michigan by four species.

 

They are AphrOphora parallela (Say), AphrOphora quadrinotata

 

 

Say, AphrOphora saratogensis (Fitch), and AphrOphora signoreti

 

 

Fitch.

AphrOphora parallela (Say).

 

Cerc0pis garallela Say. Narr. Long's Exped. , 1824.

 

The common name of this native insect is pine spittle-
bug. This species has been recorded from Connecticut,
Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New
Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia,
Wisconsin, and Michigan

The eggs are deposited at the bases of terminal buds
of Pings where they winter over. The eggs hatch in the
spring and the young nymphs begin feeding on the twigs.
Almost as soon as the nymphs begin feeding, they begin sur-

rounding themselves with froth. There are five stages of

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nymphal development. Before transforming into adults, the
nymphs leave the Spittle masses and migrate to the needles.
The adult stage of this insect also feeds on Pings. Attack
by the pine spittlebug may cause serious injury, particularly
to Scotch pine. The pine Spittlebug was reported abundant
during 1950 in several areas of Michigan. Heavy infestations
were reported in Scotch pine plantations in Grand Traverse
County. Scotch pine in the Higgins Lake Forest has been
heavily infested for several years. Infestations of this insect
were also reported along highway U. S. —2 in the Upper Pen—
insula and in the Rapid River District of the Hiawatha National
Forest.

Michigan records: Cheboygan, July 23, 1928, and

Higgins Lake, August 8, 1932.

AphrOphora quadrinotata Say.

 

PflahrOPhora quadrinotata Say. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. , Phila.,

1831.

This species has been recorded from Alabama, Con-

necticut, Georgia, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maine,

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Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New YOrk, North
Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee,
Virginia, Washington, D. C., West Virginia, Wisconsin, and
Michigan.
Adults were taken on low vegetation.
Michigan reCOrds: Flat Rock, July 17, 1951; Flat Rock,

July 24, 1951; and Flat Rock, July 27, 1951.

AphrOphora saratogensis (Fitch).

Lepyronia saratogensis Fitch. Cat. Horn. N. Y. 1851.

 

The common name of this insect is SaratOga spittlebug.
This species has been recorded from Connecticut, Massachusetts,
Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Wisconsin,
and Michigan. The nymphal stages Occur on sweetfern,

Comptonia peregrina (L.) and many other plants. The spittle

 

masses are formed usually just above the root collar, but below
the surface Of the forest litter. The adult forms migrate to
Pings or 1111133. Serious injury to the host plant may result
from adult feeding. Scar tissue forming around feeding punc-
tures may coalesce and girdle branches. The SaratOga

Spittlebug was reported abundant during 1950 in three of

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Michigan's forests. In the Baldwin district of the Manistee
National Forest one hundred percent flagging of a red pine
plantation was reported. Infestations also occurred in Ottawa
and Hiawatha National Forests.
Michigan records: Higgins Lake, August 10, 1932, and

Milford, September 4, 1921.

AphrOphora Signoreti Fitch.

AphrOphora Signoreti Fitch. Trans. N. Y. St. Ag. Soc., 1856.

 

This species has been recorded from New York, North
Carolina, South Carolina, and Michigan. Adults have been
taken on 2.1.293- The writer has reared this Species from
spittle masses occurring on Daucus, Quercus, Laportea, and
31.1.1115: in the vicinity of East Lansing. The mature forms
were collected on July 1, 1951.

Michigan records: East Lansing, July 1, 1951.

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Genus Lepyronia, Amyot and Serville

 

Lepyronia. Amyot and Serville, Hist. Nat. Hem. p. 567 (1843).

 

Lepyronia is represented in Michigan by a Single species,

 

Lepyronia quadrangulari 5 (Say).

 

Lepyronia quadrangulari 5 (Say).

 

Cercopis fladrangularis Say. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila.,

 

VI, (1825).

This insect has been recorded from Colorado, Connec-
ticut, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Maryland, Mississippi, Nebraska,
New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota,
Texas, Washington, D. C., and West Virginia.

This Species is thought to hibernate in the adult stage
among debris and litter on the ground. Presumably, the eggs
are deposited during the Spring in decaying stems of weeds.
Spittle masses appear on a wide range of plants during early
summer.

The writer has reared this Species from Spittle masses

Occurring on Baptesia, Lespedeza, Pedicularis, and Quercus in

 

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the vicinity of Flat Rock. The mature forms were collected
July 17, 1951.

Michigan records: Flat Rock, July 17, 1951, and Adrian,

July 24. 1951.

Genus Philaenus, Stal

 

Philaenus, Stal. Stal, C., Stet. Ent. Zeit. xxv, p. 66, (1864).

Philaenus is represented in Michigan by two species,

Philaenus lineatus (Linnaeus), and Philaenus leucophthalmus

 

 

(Linnaeus). Philaenus leucophthalmus (Linnaeus) occurs in

 

nine varietal forms.

Philaenus lineatus (Linnaeus).

 

Cicada lineata Linnaeus. Linnaeus, Faun. Suec., 241, 888,

 

(1761).
The common name of this species is lined Spittlebug.
One generation of this insect occurs per year. The eggs

winter over and hatch in early spring. The nymphs make

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their spittle masses on various grasses. The adult forms ap-
pear in late Spring and remain until the onset of cold weather.
The author has reared this species from spittle masses

occurring on Poa, Danthonia, and Agrostis in the vicinity of

 

East Lansing. The mature forms were collected June 24, 1951.
Michigan records: East Lansing, June 24, 1951;

Romulus, July 10, 1951; and East Lansing, October 11, 1951.

Philaenus leucophthalmus (Linnaeus).

 

Cicada leuCOphthalmus Linnaeus. Linnaeus, Systema Naturae,

 

Edition X, (1858).
The common name of this insect is meadow spittlebug.

The synonym, E. spumarius, frequently appears in literature.

 

This insect is widely distributed throughout the United States.
Coloration of the meadow Spittlebug is SO variable that it can
only be indicated under varietal forms. Varietal character-
istics are somewhat intergraded, apparently resultant of in—
discriminate inter—breeding. One generation of this insect
occurs per year. The eggs (Plate 1, Fig. 3) of the meadow
spittlebug are deposited during the fall on the stubbles or

lower portions of plants. The eggs are laid side by Side and

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covered with a tough, inelastic material. The eggs winter
over and hatch in early spring. The nymphs feed on a wide
range of weeds and cultivated plants. Among the plants at-
tacked by the immature stages of this insect are strawberry,
clover, and alfalfa. Nymphs may wander about on their host
plants, or migrate from one host to another. Adult forms
appear in late spring and remain until the onset of cold weather.

The author has reared this species from spittle masses

occurring on the garden strawberry, Fragaria chiloensis

 

Duchesne, in the vicinity Of East Lansing. The mature forms
were collected June 29, 1951. Included were Philaenus

leuCOphthalmus var. lateralis (Linn), _P. leucophthalmus var.

 

marginellus (Fabr.), _P_. leucophthalmus var. fabricii Van Duzee,

 

 

_13. leuCOphthalmus var. pallidus (Zett.), _P_. leuCOphthalmus var.

 

spumarius (Fallen), and 3.1eucoihthalmus var. impressus

 

 

DeLong. Presumably, these varietal forms Occur along with

 

_P_. leucophthalmus var. leucophthalmus (Linn.), 3.1euc0phthalmus

 

 

var. leucocephalus (Linn.), and _13. leucophthalmus var. fasciatus

 

(Fabr.) and are of Similar habit. All varieties except
Philaenus leuCOphthalmus var. leucocephalus (Linn.) were taken

during the survey.

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Michigan reCOrds: Hartford, June 5, 1951, and East

Lansing, October 11, 1951.

Genus Philaronia, Ball

 

Philaronia. Ball, E. D. Ia. Acad. Sci., Vol. VI., p. 220,

 

(1898).

Philaronia is represented in Michigan by Philaronia

 

 

bilineata var. bilineata Ball, Philaronia bilineata var.

 

orbiculata Ball, and Philaronia abjectus var. abjectus Uhler.

 

 

Representatives Of this genus do not appear especially
abundant in Michigan, as none were taken during the survey.

Insects of this genus have been recorded in Arizona,
Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Massa-
chusetts, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Carolina,

North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.

Philaronia abjectus var. abjectus Uhler.

Philaenus abje_ctus. Uhler, P. R. Bull. U. S. Geol. Surv.

 

I, p. 346 (1876).

 

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Michigan records: Cheboygan, July 6, 1939.

Philaronia bilineata var. bilineata (Say).

 

Aphrophora bilineata. Say. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila.,

 

v1, p. 304 (1831).

Michigan records: Manistique, July 15, 1925.

Philaronia bilineata var. orbiculata Ball.

 

 

Philaronia bilineata var. orbiculata. Ball, E. D. Ia. Acad.

 

 

of Sci. Bull. XXVI, p. 143, (1919).

Michigan records: Manistique, July 25, 1945.

 

A KEY TO CERCOPIDAE OF MICHIGAN

Adult members of family Cercopidae (Plate 1, Figs. 1-
2) have structure and arrangement which readily distinguish
them from representatives of other homopterous families. The
antennae, inserted beneath the vertex and between the eyes, are
setaceous with two bead-like basal segments. The cylindrical
hind tibiae, each crowned with a crescent of apical spines, bear
one to three stout lateral spurs.

Representatives of the family Fulgoridae (Plate 1, Fig.
7) may have similar tibial spurs, but in this instance the anten-
nae are inserted beneath rather than between the eyes. Repre-
sentatives of the family Cicadellidae (Plate 1, Fig. 8) may be
similar in general appearance to the cerc0pids, but close exam—
ination of the hind tibiae reveals a row of spines beneath, rather
than one to three stout spurs.

Modification and adaptation of works by Ball, Walley,
Stearns, and Doering have resulted in a key for the identifi-
cation of spittlebugs occurring in Michigan. Determination to

variety is frequently difficult where intermediate forms appear.

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Illustrations of species and varieties (Plates I-IV) supplement

the key.

Hind wings (Plate H, Figs. 19-20) confirm determina-

tion of Philaronia abjectus var. abjectus Uhler and Philaenus

 

leucophthalmus (Linn.). Genital plates (Plate 11, Figs. 21-24)

 

confirm male species of Aphrophora.

This key is based on readily available characteristics,

making determinations possible with the aid of a hand lens.

2. (1)

Key to Genera

Small, globose insects having pronotum trans-
versely wrinkled, clavus blunt and broadly
rounded at the apex, and corium with a broad

terminal membrane . . . . . . . . Clastoptera

 

Larger, more elongate insects having acutely
apexed clavus and corium lacking a terminal

membrane..............2

Labium long with three visible segments and

extending posteriorly beyond the hind coxae.

 

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Vertex and pronotum with a distinct median

carina . . . . . . . . . . . . Aphrophora

 

(l) Labium short with but two visible segments.
Labium extending posteriorly only to middle
coxae. Vertex and pronotum without a median

Carina O O O O O 0' O O O O O O O O O 3

 

3. (2) Anterior margin of vertex between eyes and
front compressed to a thin edge. Densely

pubescent above . . . . . . . . . Lepyronia

 

Anterior margin of vertex between eyes and

frontsulcate.'............ 4

4. (3) Elytra with about five usually easily dis-
tinguished apical cells. Slightly pubescent

above.............Philaenus

(3) Elytra irregularly reticulated apically.
Venation indistinct. Densely pubescent

above . . . . . . . . . . . . Philaronia

 

. (1)

(1)

. (2)

(2)

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Key to the Species and Varietal Forms
of Genus Clastoptera

 

Forms having the anterior portion of the
face shining black, the remainder bright

yellow...............2

Forms having the anterior portion of the face

chiefly yellow or brown . . . . . . . . . 6

Body Obovate, tapering at both ends equally.
Entirely black above and, in general, dark

beneath . . . . . . . Clastoptera hyperici Gib.

 

Notasabove.............. 3

Broad, with elytra greatly inflated. Body

pear-shaped, widest posterior to the middle.
Front approximately equal to length of ver-
tex. A black band appearing on the postclyé-

peus two-thirds or three-fifths its length . . . 4

Semi-elongate, pear-shaped, elytra moderately

inflated. Front not more than two-thirds length

4. (3)

(3)

5. (3)

(3)

(3)

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of vertex. Black band on postclypeus usually

not more than one-half its length . . . . . . 5

Each elytron with three Oblique yellow stripes

Clastoptera saint-cyri var. saint-cyri Prov.

 

 

All black above except for brownish—hyaline
elytral apexes and in general yellow beneath

Clastoptera saint—cyri var. anceps McAtee‘

 

All black above except for hyaline elytral
apexes and yellow bands across head and

pronotum . . Clastoptera proteus var. oseola Ball

 

As above except with base of clavus yellow

. . . . Clastoptera proteus var. nigricollis Fitch

 

 

All yellow or washed in smoky hyaline. Some-
times the pronotum banded on the anteriOr
margin with black, or the entire pronotum
margined in black . . . . . . . . .

Clastoptera proteus var. proteus Fitch

 

6. (l)
(1)
7. (o)
(6)
8. (7)

(7)

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Front at least two-thirds length of vertex.
The pronotum entirely yellow. Elytra light
tan or fuscous, with markings and apical
veins dark brown in sharp contrast. A
band appearing on the postclypeus and small

spots on the genae . . . Clastoptera juniperina Ball

 

Front at least one-half length of vertex . . . 7

Posterior half of face black or sometimes
mottled proceeded by five or six pairs of

arcs on postclypeus . . . . . . . . . . 8

Face yellow with a dark band across
middle proceeded by several pairs of

darkarcs..............10

Elytra fuscous brown with an Oblique white
band, sometimes only barely discernible,

acrossclavus.............9

Elytra uniformly bronze fuscous .

Clastoptera obtusa var. tristis Van Duzee

 

 

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9. (8) Elytra very dark fuscous brown with a very
distinct white claval band . . . .

Clastoptera obtusa var. borealis Ball

 

(8) Elytra fuscous, mottled, with white claval
band much less distinct, sometimes only
barely discernible . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . Clastoptera obtusa var. obtusa Say

 

10. (7) Pronotum uniformly yellow without brown
markings. No indication of a white band
on elytra. Elytra for the most part dark
fuscous except for the anterior portion of
the clavus. The anterior portion of the
clavus tawny yellow . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . Clastoptera achatina Germar

 

Key to the Species of Genus Aphrophora

 

l. Insects having two more or less distinct
hyaline areas on each elytron. Postocular

space reduced to a mere line. Male genital

2. (1)

(1)

3. (2)

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plates as figured (Plate 11, Fig. 22) . . . .

Aphrophora quadrinotata Say

 

Elytra without such hyaline areas. Post-

ocular space reduced to a mere line. . . . . 2

Postclypeus greatly inflated and produced
beyond the front as viewed from above.
Head on mid—dorsal line two-thirds as long
as width across the vertex and eyes. Male
genital plates as figures (Plate 11, Fig. 23)

. . . . . Aphrophora parallela (Say)

 

Postclypeus never or only slightly seen
from above. Head on mid-dorsal line not
more than one-half as long as width across

the vertex and eyes . . . . . . . . . . 3

Ocelli only slightly nearer posterior margin
of vertex than front. Front, vertex, and
pronotum usually with a broad median pale
stripe. Male genital plates as figured (Plate

11, Fig. 24) . . . . Aphrophora saratogensis (Fitch)

 

 

(Z)

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Ocelli decidedly nearer posterior margin

of vertex than front. Front and vertex with
at most only a narrow pale median stripe.
Male genital plates as figured (Plate 11, Fig.

21) . . . . . . . . Aphrophora Signoreti Fitch

 

Key to the Species of Genus Lepyronia

 

Only a single representative of this genus

occurs in Michigan.

Elongate insects having the width across

the combined elytra less than one-half the
length of the body. Coloration varying from
dusky gray to deep tawny brown. A distinct
fuscous "V" appearing on each elytron . .

. Lepyronia quadrangularis (Say)

 

. (1)

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Key to the Species of Genus Philaenus

 

Narrow, elongate species having tylus longer
than broad. Elytra having costal margins
parallel. Straw yellow above with the costal
margin of each elytron white. Each elytron
having a fuscous stripe arising at the base
and running just mesadhof the white costal
margin and becoming indistinct toward the

apex . . . . . . . . Philaenus lineatus (Linn.)

 

Notasabove.............2

Broader, more bulging forms. Tylus broader
than long. Elytra having convex costal mar-
gins. Coloration SO variable that it may be
indicated only by variety. Forms included
variously marked from all pale yellow through
fuscous and brown to blackish, and with or
without lighter markings . . . . . . . .

Some varietal form Of Philaenus leucophthalmus (Linn.)

 

 

. (1)

. (1)

Key to the Varietal Forms of Philaenus
leucophthalmus (Linn.)

 

Forms having four impressed dark pigment
spots arranged transversely across the an-

terior portion of the pronotum . . . . .

Forms lacking such impressed spots . .

Philaenus leucophthalmus var. impressus De Long

 

 

The general coloration of this varietal form
may vary greatly. However, it can readily
be identified by the occurrence of four im-
pressed dark pigment spots arranged in a
row transversely across the anterior portion
of the pronotum. Usually the area in the
vicinity of these impressed spots is lighter

in color than surrounding regions.

Forms having longitudinally striped vertex

andpronotum. . . . . . . . . .

Forms not having vertex and pronotum longi-

tudinally striped. . . . . . . . . .

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”M _Ll'nf'ffi" ,.
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W3? .
t

4. (3)

5. (3)

6. (5)

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Philaenus leucophthalmus var. faoricii Van Duzee

 

Individuals of this varietal form are yellowish-
white above with a fuscous to blackish median
stripe arising from the anterior tip of the
tylus (sometimes from the pronotum) and
extending posteriorly along the inner margins
of the elytra to the apex of the clavus. This
median stripe is usually paralleled by a dark

stripe on each corium.

Forms uniformly all yellow or yellowish-

brown...............6

Forms not uniformly all yellow or yellowish-

brown...............7

Philaenus leucophthalmus var. pallidus (Zett.)

 

Individual members of this varietal form

exhibit rather uniform coloration. However,

a wide range of shades and colors appears
within the group. Coloration may vary from
pale yellowish-white through yellowish, yellowish-

red, and light yellowish-brown, to dark yellow-

brown.

 

 

7. (5)

(5)

8. (7)

9. (7)

10.

(7)

(9)

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Forms dark brown to blackish with yellowish

or lighter markings in sharp contrast . . . . 9

Forms dark brown to blackish without large

areas of yellow in sharp contrast . . . . . 8

Philaenus leucophthalmus var. leucophthalmus (Linn.)

 

 

Individuals Of this varietal form are uni-

formly dark brown to blackish in color.

\

Sometimes traces of yellow occur on the

vertex 0 r elytra.

Fuscous and yellow forms having elytra

with two light spots on each costal margin . . 10

Forms not as above. Dark brown to blackish
above with yellow or light markings in sharp

contrast..............13

Forms having the vertex and anterior half

of the pronotum yellow; the remainder of the

pronotum and the elytra fuscous to brown . . . 12

(9)

11. (10)

12. (10)

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Not as above. All over yellowish to fuscous
forms having vertex of rather uniform color-

ation................ll

Philaenus leucophthalmus var. spumarius (Fallen)

 

 

This varietal form occurs in a variety of
over-all colors ranging from yellowish to
brown. In every instance, however, each
costal margin will have two light markings
which may vary from quite small spots to

elongate areas extending across the elytra.

Philaenus leucophthalmus var. fasciatus (Fabricius)

 

In this varietal form the costal margin Of
each elytron has two light markings as in

Philaenus leucophthalmus var. spumarius

 

 

(Fallen). It differs, however, in the mark-
ings of the vertex and pronotum. This color
variety includes those forms having the vertex
and anterior half of the pronotum yellow; the
remainder of the pronotum and el‘ytra fuscous

to brown.

13. (9)
(9)
14. (13)
I13)
15. (13)
16. (14)

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Dark brown to blackish with yellowish or
light markings in sharp contrast. Forms
having elytra entirely dark brown to black-

ish................15

Elytra having a broad, white stripe along

eachcostal margin. . . . . . . . . . . l4

 

Vertex and pronotum entirely black . . . . . 16 LL

Vertex and anterior half of pronotum

entirelyyellow . . . . . . . . . . . . l7

Philaenus leucophthalmus var. leucocephalus (Linn.)

 

 

In this varietal form the vertex and an-
terior half of the pronotum are pale yellow,
while the remainder of the dorsal surface,
in sharp contrast, is dark brown or black-

ish.

Philaenus leucophthalmus var. lateralis (Linn.)

 

In this 'varietal form the costal margins

of the elytra are pale yellow, while the

17. (14)

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remainder of the dorsal surface, in sharp

contrast, is dark brown or blackish.

Philaenus leucophthalmus var. marginellus (Fabr.)

 

 

In this varietal form the vertex, the an-
terior half of the pronotum, and the costal
margins of the elytra are pale yellow, while
the remainder of the dorsal surface, in

sharp contrast, is dark brown or blackish.

Key to Species and Varietal Forms of Philaronia

 

Width across elytra considerably greater
than across vertex and eyes. The broadest
portion of the elytra located slightly anterior
to the middle. Tylus broader than long.
Cubitus of hind wing (Plate 111, Fig. )
forked. Color reddish—brown to blackish-

brown . . Philaronia abjectus var. abjectus Uhler

 

Notasabove...........

 

2. (l)
3.
4. (3)

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Width across elytra only slightly greater

than width across vertex and eyes. Broad-
est portion of elytra located considerably
posterior to the middle. Tylus longer than
broad. Cubitus Of hind wing not forked . .

Some variety of Philaronia bilineata (Say) . 3

 

Pale straw above with costal margins of
the elytra broadly white. Forms having a
white median stripe, enclosed within two
fuscous bands, extending from the anterior

tip of the tylus posteriorly across the ver-

 

tex and pronotum . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . Philaronia bilineata var. bilineata (Say)
Not as above . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Dark smoky brown above with the costal
margins and the apical portion and the
elytra creamy white in sharp contrast .

Philaronia bilineata var. orbiculata Ball

 

 

 

SUMMARY

It was undertaken to determine which species and va-
rieties of spittlebugs occur in Michigan and to provide a key
for the determination of the adult forms. Wherever possible,
the key was supplemented with information concerning the
biology and life stages of these insects.

Data was obtained by reviewing literature and by making
collections and Observations in the field. Also specimens were
examined from the Michigan State College collection and the
University of Michigan Museum of Zoology.

Nymphs naturally occurring on host plants were caged
and the insects identified at maturity. Material to be reared
was confined within cylinders of copper screening imbedded in
the earth sustaining the host plant. The open ends of these
cylinders were sealed with lawn cloth. In some instances,
pockets made Of lawn cloth and drawn closed with rubber bands
were employed satisfactorily for confinement of immature

stages to their host plants.

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The identification key was supplemented with pictures.
Photomicrographs were Obtained by photographing the subjects

through a binocular dissecting microscope.

 

 

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Boring, Alice M.

 

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10.

KEY TO PLATES

Plate I

Aphrophora quadrinotata Say, dorsal view.

 

AphrOphora quadrinotata Say, ventral view.

 

Egg mass, Philaenus leucophthalmus (Linn.).

 

Hind wing, Philaronia abjectus var. abjectus Uhler.

 

Male genitalia, AphrOphora parallela Say.

 

Philaenus leucophthalmus var. marginellus (Fabr.),

 

 

lateral view.

Fulgoridae, dorsal view.

Cicadellidae, dorsal View.

Lepyronia quadrangularis (Say), dorsal view.

Lepyronia qgadrangularis (Say), lateral view.

Plate II

Nymph, Philaenus leucgihthalmus (Linn.), dorsal

view.

‘1

 

Fig.

Fig. I

Fig.

Fig.

Fig.

Fig.

Fig.

Fig.0

Fig.

10.

11.

12.

13.

14.

85

Nymph, Philaenus leucophthalmus (Linn.), lateral

 

View.

Nymph, Philaenus lineatus (Linn.), dorsal view.

 

Nymph, Philaenus lineatus (Linn.), lateral view.

 

Nymph, Aphrophora Signoreti Fitch, dorsal view.

 

Nymph, Aphrghora Signoreti Fitch, lateral view.

 

Nymph, Lepyronia quadrangularis (Say), dorsal view.

 

Nymph, Lepyronia quadrangularis (Say), lateral view.

 

 

Philaenus leuc0phthalmus

 

dorsal view.

Philaenus leuCOphthalmuS

 

dorsal view.
Philaenus leucophthalmus
dorsal view.
Philaenus leucophthalmus
dorsal View.
Philaenus leucophthalmus
dorsal view.
Philaenus leucophthalmus

dorsal view.

var.

var.

var.

var.

var.

var.

leuCOphthalmus (Linn. ),

 

leucocephalus (Linn. ),

 

laterali S (Linn. ),

marginellus (Fabr. ),

 

fasciatus (Fabr. ),

spumarius (Fall. ),

 

Fig.

Fig.

15.

16.

17.

18.

19.

20.

21.

22.

23.

24.

Philaenus leucophthalmus

 

dorsal view.

Philaenus leucophthalmus

 

dorsal view.

Philaenus leucophthalmus

 

dorsal view.

Philaenu s leucophthalmu s

 

dOr sal View.

Var.

Var.

var.

var.

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fabricii Van Duzee,

fabricii Van Duzee,

pallidus (Z ett. ),

impre s sus DeLong,

 

Hind wing, Philaronia abfictus var. abjectus Uhler.

 

Hind wing, Philaenus leuc0phthalmus (Linn.).

 

Male genitalia, AphrOphora

Signoreti Fitch.

 

Male genitalia, Aphrgphora

quadrinotata Say.

 

Rarallela (Say).

 

Male genitalia, Aphrophora

Male genitalia, Aphrophora

Plate III

saratogensis (Fitch).

Philaenus lineatus (Linn.), dorsal View.

 

Philaenus lineatus (Linn.), lateral view.

 

Philaronia abjectus var. abjectus Uhler, dorsal view.

 

 

Fig.

0\

10.

11.

12.

13.

14.

15.

16.

1.

87

Philaronia abjectus var. abjectus Uhler, lateral

 

view.

Philaronia bilineata var. bilineata (Say), dorsal view.

 

Philaronia bilineata var. bilineata (Say), lateral

 

view.

Philaronia bilineata var. orbiculata Ball, dorsal

 

 

view.

Philaronia bilineata var. orbiculata Ball, lateral

 

 

View.

Aphrophora

saratOgensis (Fitch), dorsal view.

 

Aphroflmra

saratogensis (Fitch), lateral view.

 

AphrOphora

parallela (Say), dorsal view.

 

Aphrophora

parallela (Say), lateral view.

 

Aphrophora

Signoreti Fitch, dorsal view.

 

AphrOphora

Signoreti Fitch, lateral view.

 

Aphrophora

quadrinotata Say, dOrsal view.

 

Aphrophora

gadrinotata Say, lateral view.

 

Clastoptera

Plate IV

proteus var. proteus Fitch, dorsal view.

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Fig.

Fig.

10.

11.

12.

13.

14.

15.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

88
osceola Ball, dorsal view.

nigricollis Fitch, dorsal

 

nigricollis Fitch, lateral

 

obtusa Say, dorsal view.

tristis Van Duzee, dorsal

borealis Ball, dorsal view.

borealis Ball, lateral view.

juniperina Ball, dorsal view.

 

juniperina Ball, lateral View.

 

achatina Germar, dorsal view.

 

achatina Germar, lateral view.

 

 

Clastoptera proteus var.
Clastoptera proteus var.
View.

Clastoytera proteus var.
view.

Clastgptera obtusa var.
Clastogtera obtusa var.
View.

Clastoptera obtusa var.
ClastOptera obtusa var.
ClastOptera

Clastoptera

Clastoptera

ClastOptera

Clastoptera saint-cyri var.
view.

ClastOptera saint-cyri var.

 

dorsal view.

Clastopte ra saint -cyri var.

 

lateral view.

anceps McAtee , dor sal

saint-cyri Provancher,

 

saint-cyri Provancher,

 

 

Fig.

Fig.

16.

17.

ClastOptera hyperici Gibson, dorsal view.

 

Clastoptera hyperici Gibson, lateral view.

 

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