Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes


TaxonomyBrowseInfoImagesLinksBooksData
Photo#51394
hopper - Delphacodes

hopper - Delphacodes
Chicago, Illinois, USA
May 8, 2006
Size: 3mm
At first I thought this was a spittle bug, but then I saw a guide image of a Delphacodes which looks pretty close.

Example thumb from Bill DuPree

"Delphacodes campestris" female
Definitely a female Delphacid.

Although the photo is a bit out of focus, you can see the critical feature - the antennae have a double row of sensory pustules that are separated from each other by at least their own width. This is characteristic of the genus Muirodelphax, of which M. arvensis is by far the most common species, and likely what is represented here.

This species is currently known as "Delphacodes campestris" but the name change is "in press" and should be official this year.

 
wow...
Thank you for your indepth analysis. Very informative!

-Gehan Gehale

Adult, too!
Right on with the ID, and this is a short-winged adult delphacid, probably in the genus Delphacodes, though I'd like Andy Hamilton to have the last word. The sexes, and different populations, often differ in wing-length among the delphacids.

Comment viewing options
Select your preferred way to display the comments and click 'Save settings' to activate your changes.