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Buffalo treehopper

Stictocephala bisonia Kopp & Yonke, 1977

Status not recordedinsects

The buffalo treehopper (Stictocephala bisonia) is a species in the family Membracidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 60 countries, including Albania, Algeria and Andorra.

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Quick facts about the buffalo treehopper

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
60 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the buffalo treehopper live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The buffalo treehopper is listed for 60 countries.

W. SaharaUzbekistanIsraelLebanonTunisiaAlgeriaJordanIraqSouth KoreaKyrgyzstanIranSyriaArmeniaSwedenBelarusUkrainePolandAustriaHungaryMoldovaRomaniaLithuaniaLatviaEstoniaGermanyBulgariaGreeceTurkeyAlbaniaCroatiaSwitzerlandLuxembourgBelgiumNetherlandsIrelandItalyDenmarkUnited KingdomIcelandAzerbaijanGeorgiaSloveniaFinlandSlovakiaCzechiaSaudi ArabiaCyprusMoroccoEgyptLibyaBosnia and Herz.MacedoniaSerbiaMontenegro
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Albania
  2. Algeria
  3. Andorra
  4. Armenia
  5. Austria
  6. Azerbaijan
  7. Belarus
  8. Belgium
  9. Bosnia & Herzegovina
  10. Bulgaria
  11. Croatia
  12. Cyprus
  13. Czechia
  14. Denmark
  15. Egypt
  16. Estonia
  17. Finland
  18. Georgia
  19. Germany
  20. Gibraltar
  21. Greece
  22. Hungary
  23. Iceland
  24. Iran
  25. Iraq
  26. Ireland
  27. Israel
  28. Italy
  29. Jordan
  30. Kyrgyzstan
  31. Latvia
  32. Lebanon
  33. Libya
  34. Liechtenstein
  35. Lithuania
  36. Luxembourg
  37. Malta
  38. Moldova
  39. Monaco
  40. Montenegro
Show 20 more countries
  1. Morocco
  2. Netherlands
  3. North Macedonia
  4. Poland
  5. Romania
  6. San Marino
  7. Saudi Arabia
  8. Serbia
  9. Slovakia
  10. Slovenia
  11. South Korea
  12. Sweden
  13. Switzerland
  14. Syria
  15. Tunisia
  16. Türkiye
  17. Ukraine
  18. United Kingdom
  19. Uzbekistan
  20. Western Sahara

Is the buffalo treehopper endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the buffalo treehopper classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyMembracidae
  6. genusStictocephala
  7. SpeciesStictocephala bisonia Kopp & Yonke, 1977
Other names and names in other languages (18)
  • ostnohřbetka americkáCzech
  • BüffelzirpeGerman
  • Cérèse buffleFrench
  • bivalykabócaHungarian
  • cicadella bisonteItalian
  • BuffelcicadeDutch
  • Kolcoróg bizoniakPolish
  • Cigarrinha-corcunda-verdePortuguese
  • Бодушка бизоньяRussian
  • tŕňovka býčiaSlovak
  • bivolčekSlovenian
  • Горбатка-бізонUkrainian
  • BüffelzikadeGerman
  • Cérèse buffle communeFrench
  • Cicadelle bisonFrench
  • Cicadelle bubaleFrench
  • Membracide bisonFrench
  • Горбатка-буйволRussian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the buffalo treehopper

Other species in the same genus Stictocephala.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the buffalo treehopper live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the buffalo treehopper for 60 countries, including Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Armenia and Austria. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the buffalo treehopper?

The buffalo treehopper (Stictocephala bisonia) belongs to the family Membracidae in the order Hemiptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Buffalo treehopper (Stictocephala bisonia). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/buffalo-treehopper

MLA

“Buffalo treehopper (Stictocephala bisonia).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/buffalo-treehopper.

BibTeX
@misc{buffalo_treehopper_2026,
  title = {Buffalo treehopper (Stictocephala bisonia)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/buffalo-treehopper},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}