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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) » Fulgoroidea » Fulgorid Planthoppers (Fulgoridae)

Family Fulgoridae - Fulgorid Planthoppers

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Range · Food · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
Cyrpoptus sp? - Amycle vernalis plant hopper? - Cyrpoptus belfragei Cryptic Granite Bug - Poblicia fuliginosa Alphina glauca? - Alphina ?Plant hopper - Calyptoproctus marmoratus Small Cicada - Calyptoproctus marmoratus Unrecognized Insect - Lycorma delicatula Alphina glauca? - Alphina glauca
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 Fulgoroidea
Family Fulgoridae (Fulgorid Planthoppers)
Explanation of Names
Fulgoridae Latreille 1820
Numbers
17 spp. in 9 genera in our area, >700 spp. in 135 genera worldwide(1)(2)
Size
large planthoppers; our spp. mostly exceed 7 mm, tropical forms can reach 95 mm(1)
Range
mostly tropical; in our area, southern (most diverse in TX)(1)
Food
feed on trees & shrubs through the bark; a few taxa are grass feeding(1)
Remarks
Some are parasitized by Fulgoraecia exigua
Internet References
Taxon page(1)
Works Cited
1.Bartlett C.R. and contributors (2017-) Planthoppers of North America
2.Bourgoin T. (2017) FLOW (Fulgoromorpha Lists on the Web): a world knowledge base dedicated to Fulgoromorpha. Version 8.
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 22 September, 2004 - 9:52pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Robin McLeod, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 24 August, 2017 - 11:07am

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