Tube Spittlebug

Description:

Cercopoidea; Machaerotidae; Machaerotinae. "There area bout 115 species in 31 genera placed in 4 tribes. The majority of species are found in Southeast Asia with a small number for Africa. They were traditionally separated into two subfamilies Machaerotinae which have the scutellar spineand Enderleiniinae which lack it. A third family, also lacking the spine, Apomachaerotinae, was introduced in 2014. The scutellum has a "tail" or appears raised towards the posterior end" Wikipedia. This clearly indicates that the specimen in my pictures is in the subfamily Machaerotinae because it has the scutellar spine.

Habitat:

This Unidentified Machaerotinae was spotted in a clump of grasses and foliage bordering a rice field. It appeared to be a lone specimen, just like the Machaerotinae mentioned in my spotting no. 1181233331, suggesting that this kind of "hopper" is solitary by nature.

Notes:

There used to be a website called "insectoid.info", a few years back, it closed down and is no longer accessible. However, my notes show that its Checklist for Machaerotidae in Luzon, Philippines included the following: Machaerota convexa Maa, 1963 Machaerota ensifera ->Machaerota esakii Machaerota esakii Kato, 1939 Machaerota fusca Baker, 1919 Machaerota luzonensis Schmidt, 1907 Machaerota philippinensis Baker, 1919 Machaerota virescens Maa, 1956 Pectinariophyes luzonensis Baker, 1927 Sierreia notabilis Baker, 1927