Paraulacizes irrorata

Paraulacizes irrorata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Auchenorrhyncha
Family:	Cicadellidae
Genus:	Paraulacizes
Species:	P. irrorata
Binomial name
Paraulacizes irrorata (Fabricius, 1794)

Paraulacizes irrorata, the speckled sharpshooter, is a species of sharpshooter in the family Cicadellidae.^[1][2][3][4]

Speckled sharpshooter, Paraulacizes irrorata

They lay eggs in woody twigs, stems, or petioles, and their eggs can become infected by Gonatocerus fasciatus, which acts as a parasitoid. ^[5]

References

1. "Paraulacizes irrorata species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
2. "Paraulacizes irrorata". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
3. "Paraulacizes irrorata Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
4. "Paraulacizes irrorata Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
5. Tipping, Christopher; Triapitsyn, Serguei V.; Mizell III, Russell F. (2006). "First Record of an Egg Parasitoid for the North American Proconiine Sharpshooter Paraulacizes irrorata (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae), with Notes on Rearing Techniques". The Florida Entomologist. 89 (2): 288–289. doi:10.1653/0015-4040(2006)89[288:FROAEP]2.0.CO;2. JSTOR 4092486. S2CID 85869309. Retrieved 2 July 2021.

Further reading

• Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
• Dmitriev, D. (2009). "Nymphs of some Nearctic leafhoppers (Homoptera, Cicadellidae) with description of a new tribe". ZooKeys (29): 13–33. doi:10.3897/zookeys.29.223.

External links

• Media related to Paraulacizes irrorata at Wikimedia Commons