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feeding spittle bug from SE-Germany

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Phylum: Arthropoda LATREILLE, 1829 (arthropods, Gliederfer)Subphylum: Hexapoda BLAINVILLE, 1816Class: Insecta LINNAEUS, 1758 (insects, Insekten)Subclass: Pterygota LANG. 1888 (Fluginsekten)Infraclass: Neoptera MARTYNOV, 1923Order: Hemiptera LINNAEUS, 1758 (true bugs, Schnabelkerfe)Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha (cicadas & leafhoppers)Infraorder: Cicadomorpha (Rundkopfzikaden)Superfamily: Cercopoidea WESTWOOD, 1838 (froghoppers OR spittlebugs)Family: Aphrophoridae AMYOT & AUDINET-SERVILLE, 1843 (spittle bugs, Schaumzikaden)Genus: Philaenus STAL, 1864Philaenus spumarius LINNAEUS, 1758 (Meadow Froghopper, Wiesenschaumzikade)SE-Germany, Bavaria, vic. Regensburg, 24.07.2011IMG_3861

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