Fairmaire 1846a
Dietrich and Deitz 1991a
McKamey 1998a
Godoy, Miranda, and Nishida 2006a
Animalia → Arthropoda → Insecta → Pterygota → Hemiptera → Auchenorrhyncha → Cicadomorpha → Membracoidea → Membracidae → Membracinae → Aconophorini
Aconophora Fairmaire, 1846
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Overview
The genus Aconophora includes 13 species (Dietrich and Deitz 1991a). Although ant-mutualism is not reported in the genus, A. mexicana is occasionally tended by vespid wasps and meloponine bees.
Taxon images
Aconophora
Distribution
Neotropical and Nearctic regions; also introduced to the Australian region.
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Prepared by
Matthew S. Wallace, Lewis L. Deitz, Olivia Evangelista, Stuart H. McKamey, and Mark J. Rothschild, 17 November 2015.
