Bahder's hypothesis is that 2005Cs Hurricane Wilma, which tracked from the Yucatan to Florida, or a storm with a similar path carried infected
treehoppers across the gulf to Tampa.
(2001) Morphology-based phylogeny of the
treehopper family Membracidae (Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha: Membracoidea).
Deitz, "Checklist and host plants of the
treehoppers (Hemiptera: Membracidae) of North Carolina," Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, vol.
The researchers cautioned that the
treehopper might not be the only vector.
For example,
treehopper Enchenopa binotata (Say) who communicates in the similar manner as BPH was observed to communicate during the morning and evening when wind speed is lowest.
Systematics and phylogeny of the
treehopper subfamily Nicomiinae (Hemiptera: Membracidae).
The benefit in a locust
treehopper resembling a locust thorn, a toad the pebbles on which it hops, a snake the leaves in which it slithers, is plain.
The oak
treehopper mother below keeps watch over her young from the moment they hatch until the day she dies.
I examined mechanisms and patterns of benefit for the membracid (
treehopper) Publilia concava tended by the ant Formica obscuriventris to test two hypotheses: that
treehoppers benefit from ant attendance only by protection from predators, and that density-dependent benefit depends on the presence of predators.
Zink, "Intraspecific brood parasitism as a conditional reproductive tactic in the
treehopper Publilia concava," Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, vol.
In the introduction to his beautiful study of periodical cicadas (Magicicada spp.), Marshall (2000) wrote that "the brilliant may occasionally manage to anticipate significant discoveries while wading through the confusion of published information, to guess correctly when and where to look and what to measure, but for the rest of us the best investment is simply time spent in the field testing the best questions we have at the moment, watching and listening to the organisms, and waiting for the surprises." It was in this spirit that I started studying the
treehopper Ennya chrysura (Fairmaire, 1846; Membracidae, Smiliinae, Polyglyptini) and the surprises have been many.
Wood (1982) found nymphs of the
treehopper Enchenopa binotata Say (Membracidae) in great aggregation with abundant tending ants, and Cushman & Whitham (1989) present evidence that large aggregations of nymphs benefit more from ant tending than small aggregations.
Directionally in the mechanical response to substrate vibration in a
treehopper (Hemiptera: Membracidae: Umbonia crassicornis).
