Umbonia gladius
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Umbonia gladius is a species in the family Membracidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 2 countries: Colombia and Venezuela.
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Quick facts about Umbonia gladius
- 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
- 2 countriessrc for Countries on record
Where does Umbonia gladius 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.
Umbonia gladius is listed for 2 countries.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
Is Umbonia gladius 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 Umbonia gladius classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- classInsecta
- orderHemiptera
- familyMembracidae
- genusUmbonia
- SpeciesUmbonia gladius Fairmaire, 1846
Synonyms Enchotype gladius
Relatives of Umbonia gladius
Other species in the same genus Umbonia.
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Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
Where does Umbonia gladius live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list Umbonia gladius for 2 countries: Colombia and Venezuela. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
What kind of animal is Umbonia gladius?
Umbonia gladius (Umbonia gladius) 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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Oliveira, B.F., São-Pedro, V.A., Santos-Barrera, G., Penone, C. & Costa, G.C. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Scientific Data 4: 170123. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.123. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.4644424.v5 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
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