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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)

-Planthoppers Infraorder (Fulgoromorpha)

-Superfamily Fulgoroidea

-Derbid Planthoppers (Family Derbidae)

-Subfamily Derbinae

-Tribe Cenchreini


The tribe Cenchreini is a group of planthoppers within the subfamily Derbinae of the family. They are generally small, often measuring around 2.5 to 3.0 millimetres in length. While the tribe has a global distribution it is most diverse in the New World, particularly in Neotropical rainforests. Adult Cenchreini are often found associated with broadleaf monocots, including palms, while their cryptic nymphs typically live in decaying organic matter or leaf litter, where they feed on fungal mycelia.

Cenchreini Planthoppers

Cenchreini (Tribe)

Description

  • Cenchreini is a tribe of planthoppers in the family Cixiidae. Members are generally small to medium-sized, with elongate or wedge-shaped bodies, prominent eyes, short antennae, and transparent or lightly patterned wings. Their often brown, grey, or yellowish colouring provides camouflage among stems, leaves, and other vegetation.

Range

  • Cenchreini has a broad distribution in the Americas, with species occurring from the southern United States through Mexico and Central America into South America and the Caribbean. Members occur in western and southern Mexico, including Guerrero and suitable habitats around Zihuatanejo.

Habitat

  • Species inhabit tropical and subtropical forests, seasonally dry woodland, scrub, grassland, forest edges, and disturbed vegetation. Adults are generally associated with the foliage and stems of their host plants, while immature stages may occur on or below the ground around plant roots.

Diet

  • Cenchreini are plant-sap feeders, using piercing-sucking mouthparts to extract fluids from vascular plants. Different species utilise grasses, herbs, shrubs, and woody plants, and some may be associated with particular host plants.

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