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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Hoppers (Auchenorrhyncha) » Planthoppers (Fulgoromorpha) » Delphacoidea » Cixiid Planthoppers (Cixiidae) » Cixiinae » Pintaliini » Pintalia » Pintalia vibex

Species Pintalia vibex

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Pintalia delicata or P. vibex? - Pintalia vibex

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)

Suborder Auchenorrhyncha (True Hoppers)

Infraorder Fulgoromorpha (Planthoppers)

Superfamily Delphacoidea

Family Cixiidae (Cixiid Planthoppers)

Subfamily Cixiinae

Tribe Pintaliini

Genus Pintalia

Species vibex (Pintalia vibex)

Explanation of Names

Pintalia vibex Kramer 1983

Size

♂ 5.8-7.2 mm, ♀ 6.8-7.8 mm(1)

Identification

this is the most laterally compressed Cixiid, one with a less obvious white stripe down the back than the more common P. delicata. (Dr Hamilton, 21.vii.2007)

Range

e. US (MD-FL to IL-KS-TX) - Map (2)(3)

See Also

Pintalia gurneyi Kramer, 1983

- Range: se US, uncommon

Det. C.R. Bartlett

Print References

Kramer, J.P. 1983. Taxonomic study of the planthopper family Cixiidae in the United States (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 109: 1-57.

Internet References

Genus Page - Univ. Delaware(2)

Works Cited

1.	Taxonomic study of the planthopper family Cixiidae in the United States (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea). Kramer, J.P. 1983. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 109(1): 1-57.

2.	Bartlett C.R. and contributors (2017-) Planthoppers of North America

3.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 21 June, 2007 - 9:03am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Robert Lord Zimlich, v belov
Last updated 24 February, 2023 - 11:54pm

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