CreatureData

Locris maculata

Status not recordedinsects

Locris maculata is a species in the family Cercopidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 13 countries, including Angola, Benin and Cameroon.

No freely licensed photo yet

Quick facts about Locris maculata

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
13 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does Locris maculata 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.

Locris maculata is listed for 13 countries.

Dem. Rep. CongoSenegalBeninNigeriaCameroonTogoGhanaCôte d'IvoireGuineaSierra LeoneGabonAngolaUganda
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Angola
  2. Benin
  3. Cameroon
  4. Congo - Kinshasa
  5. Côte d’Ivoire
  6. Gabon
  7. Ghana
  8. Guinea
  9. Nigeria
  10. Senegal
  11. Sierra Leone
  12. Togo
  13. Uganda

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Locris maculata 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 Locris maculata classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyCercopidae
  6. genusLocris
  7. SpeciesLocris maculata (Fabricius, 1781)

Synonyms Cercopis fulvoscutellata, Cercopis maculata, Cercopis obscura, Cicada maculosa, Locris fuscoscutellata, Locris maculata maculata, Locris maculata obscura, Monecphora graphica, Monecphora maculata

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Locris maculata

Other species in the same genus Locris.

CompareLocris maculata vs Spotted red spittle bugLocris maculata vs Zooty red spittlebugLocris maculata vs Golden red spittlebugLocris maculata vs Flaming red spittlebug

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Locris maculata live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Locris maculata for 13 countries, including Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Congo - Kinshasa and Côte d’Ivoire. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Locris maculata?

Locris maculata (Locris maculata) belongs to the family Cercopidae in the order Hemiptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

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

Embed a card for this animal on your own site

Copy this code. The card shows the photo with its credit, key facts and a link back to this page.

Preview the card

APA

CreatureData. (2026). Locris maculata (Locris maculata). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/locris-maculata

MLA

“Locris maculata (Locris maculata).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/locris-maculata.

BibTeX
@misc{locris_maculata_2026,
  title = {Locris maculata (Locris maculata)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/locris-maculata},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}