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| Scaralina metcalfi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Infraorder: | Fulgoromorpha |
| Family: | Fulgoridae |
| Genus: | Scaralina |
| Species: | S. metcalfi
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| Binomial name | |
| Scaralina metcalfi Yanega & Van Dam, 2024
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Scaralina metcalfi is a species of planthopper in the family Fulgoridae. It is found from Arizona in the United States south to the Sierra Madre Occidental in Mexico.[1] It is one of four species (the others being Scaralina aethrinsula, Scaralina cristata, and Scaralina marmorata) that were, for several decades, erroneously grouped together under a single name, Alphina glauca; this name is now treated as a synonym of S. marmorata.[1]
Biology[edit]
Scaralina metcalfi typically occurs at higher elevations, above 1000 meters, and is associated with oaks (Quercus spp.).[1] Of the three co-occurring species in the area where it is found, it is much rarer than the other two species, and may feed on a rarer host oak species.[1]
Distribution[edit]
Scaralina metcalfi is found in a subset of the Madrean Sky Islands in Arizona down into Chihuahua.[1] In Arizona, its range is overlapped by the ranges of Scaralina aethrinsula and Scaralina cristata, and all three species can be found together.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f Yanega, D.; Goemans, G.; Van Dam, M.; Gómez-Marco, F.; Hoddle, M. (2024). "Description of a new genus of North and Central American planthoppers (Hemiptera: Fulgoridae) with fourteen new species". Zootaxa. 5443 (5443): 1–53. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5443.1.1.
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