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Index of Subjects Thanks, Chris, John and Ron for the taxonomic ID info, very useful. Bev: lovely pics as usual and thanks for the heads-up -- I'm encouraged, so we'll keep on looking and sweeping. Cheers, Steve ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Quoting bev wigney <bev@magickcanoe.com>: > Hi Steve, > I've seen buffalo treephoppers around my place fairly often over the > summer. I can't remember the last time I saw any in the garden - > perhaps a couple of weeks ago. I shot photos of one back on July > 24. Here are links to a couple of the shots: > http://www.pbase.com/image/128675988 > http://www.pbase.com/crocodile/image/128675989 > > regards, > Bev Wigney > Round Hill, N.S. > > ________________________________ > From: Steve Shaw <srshaw@dal.ca> > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Sent: Tue, September 21, 2010 1:15:48 PM > Subject: [NatureNS] treehopper discoverers-dates site? > > A while back, Chris Majka put me on to a site where one can check the current > approved 2-part Latin name of a N. American fly (Nomina Diptera > Nearctica). The lists of names there also come, usefully, with the > name of the individual who first named that species, and the date of > this. > > Does Chris or anyone else know a site that works similarly for bugs, > Hemiptera-Heteroptera? My colleague is back here looking at jumping feats in > jumping bugs (actually treehoppers, Membracidae) for which we think > we know the > genus+species names for several species, but don't know the discoverer/date. > BugGuide.net doesn't give this info. > > Also, has anybody recently come across, in the same group, any buffalo > treehoppers recently (Ceresa tauriniformis), a rather large spectacular green > insect with 2 `horns` at the front that inhabits low vegetation? I found a > couple last year at this date, but we have drawn a blank so far this year. > Steve
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