Philaenus spumarius praeusta
(a cuckoo-spit insect)

Philaenus spumarius praeusta (a cuckoo-spit insect) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Philaenus spumarius praeusta (a cuckoo-spit insect) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
FormPhilaenus spumarius praeusta (a cuckoo-spit insect)
SpeciesPhilaenus spumarius (Cuckoo-spit Insect)
FamilyAPHROPHORIDAE (a family of bugs)
SuperfamilyCICADOMORPHA (a superfamily of planthoppers)
SuborderAUCHENORRHYNCHA (a suborder of bugs)
OrderHEMIPTERA (bugs)
Division Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Duke, C. 2009 Occurrence of a rare colour form of the common spittlebug, Philaenus spumarius (L.) (Hemiptera: Aphrophoridae) Br. J. Ent. Nat. Hist. 22: Plate 4 Fig 1, 187.

Philaenus spumarius praeusta (a cuckoo-spit insect) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Philaenus spumarius praeusta (a cuckoo-spit insect):

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