Cedar Creek
Ecosystem Science Reserve
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Insects of Cedar Creek
Order HOMOPTERA
Family DERBIDAE
(Derbid Planthoppers)
The eight+ species collected in this family (47 NA spp) are primarily denizens
of woodlands and swamps, and many are rather grotesquely shaped. Genera
collected include:
Anotia?
sp,
Patara vanduzei,
Apache
degeeri,
Otiocerus
2+spp (
coqueberti,
wolfi) and
Cedusa
3 spp (
maculata,
incisa,
vulgaris).
Cedusa
vulgaris is quite common on alder. The remaining species
are quite rare.