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Globe-bearing Treehopper
Miguel Nema Neto, CC BY 4.0, via iNaturalist

True bugs, cicadas & leafhoppers

Globe-bearing Treehopper

Bocydium globulare (Fabricius, 1803)

Names

EnglishGlobe-bearing Treehopper
Dutch—
SpanishMembrácido brasileño
Chinese—
Scientific nameBocydium globulare (Fabricius, 1803)

About this species

The Brazilian treehopper (Bocydium globulare) is a species of insect belonging to the treehopper family (Membracidae). It has unusual appendages on its thorax. While Bocydium can be found throughout the world, they are most prevalent in Africa, North and South America, Asia and Australia. They exhibit limited movement and their primary food source is from the underside of leaves. They also exhibit hemimetabolous development. Treehoppers range from about two millimeters to two centimeters in length.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderHemiptera
FamilyMembracidae
GenusBocydium

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