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Hoppers of Zihuatanejo

SUBORDER AUCHENORRYNCHA

-Animals (Kingdom Animalia)

-Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)

-Hexapods (Subphylum Hexapoda)

-Insects (Class Insecta)

-Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)

-True Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and Allies (Order Hemiptera)

-True Hoppers (Suborder Auchenorrhyncha)

-Spittlebugs, Cicadas, Leafhoppers and Treehoppers (Infraorder Cicadomorpha)

-Leafhoppers and Treehoppers (Superfamily Membracoidea)

-Typical Leafhoppers (Family Cicadellidae)

-Subfamily Megophthalminae

-Tribe Agalliini

-Subtribe Agalliina

-Genus Certagallia​


Certagallia is a genus of North American leafhoppers in the family Cicadellidae, primarily belonging to the tribe Agalliini within the subfamily Megophthalminae. These small, wedge-shaped insects are typically characterized by a robust, somewhat cylindrical body and are often associated with various herbaceous plants and shrubs. Like other leafhoppers, they feed on plant sap using piercing-sucking mouthparts and are adept jumpers, utilizing rows of small spines on their hind tibiae to propel themselves when disturbed.

Ceratagallia​ Leafhoppers

Ceratagallia​ (Genus)

Description

  • Ceratagallia is a genus of small leafhoppers in the family Cicadellidae, subfamily Agalliinae. Adults are compact and wedge-shaped, with a broad head, relatively short antennae, and wings held roof-like over the abdomen. Their colouration is generally brown, grey, yellowish, or mottled, providing camouflage among vegetation and leaf litter.

Range

  • Ceratagallia is a New World genus occurring primarily in North and Central America, with species distributed through Mexico and into parts of Central America. Mexican species occur in a variety of regions, including western and southern Mexico, and suitable habitat may support the genus in Guerrero and around Zihuatanejo.

Habitat

  • Species inhabit forest, seasonally dry woodland, scrub, grassland, forest margins, agricultural areas, and other habitats with low vegetation. Adults are commonly associated with foliage and stems close to the ground, where their subdued colouring helps them blend into their surroundings.

Diet

  • Ceratagallia species are piercing-sucking herbivores that feed on plant sap. They utilise a range of grasses, herbs, shrubs, and other green plants, with particular host associations varying among species.

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