Prosapia ignipectus

Prosapia ignipectus, known generally as the red-legged spittlebug or black spittlebug, is a species of froghopper in the family Cercopidae.[1][2][3][4] It is found in North America.[1]

Prosapia ignipectus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Cercopidae
Genus: Prosapia
Species:
P. ignipectus
Binomial name
Prosapia ignipectus
(Fitch, 1851)

References

  1. "Prosapia ignipectus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
  2. "Prosapia ignipectus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
  3. "Prosapia ignipectus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
  4. "Prosapia ignipectus Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-18.

Further reading

  • Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
  • Hamilton, K.G.A. (1977). "Review of the world species of Prosapia Fennah (Rhynchota: Homoptera: Cercopidae)". The Canadian Entomologist. 109 (4): 621–630. ISSN 0008-347X.
  • Marshall, Stephen A. (2006). Insects: Their Natural History And Diversity: With a Photographic Guide to Insects of Eastern North America. Firefly Books.
  • Metcalf, Z.P. (1961). General Catalogue of the Homoptera, Fascicle VII: Cercopoidea, part 2: Cercopidae. North Carolina State College.
  • Walker, Francis (1871). Catalogue of the Specimens of Hemiptera Heteroptera in the Collection of the British Museum, pt. IV. British Museum. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.9254.


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