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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 » Achilid Planthoppers (Achilidae) » Achilini » Cixidia

Genus Cixidia

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Food · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited

Cixidia (Epiptera) variegata (Van Duzee) - Cixidia variegata

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 Achilidae (Achilid Planthoppers)

Tribe Achilini

Genus Cixidia

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Epiptera Metcalf 1922

Explanation of Names

Cixidia Fieber 1866

Numbers

14 spp. in our area (all in the subg. Epiptera), ~40 total(1)

Cixidia (Epiptera) brittoni (Metcalf, 1923)

Cixidia (Epiptera) colorata (Van Duzee, 1908)

Cixidia (Epiptera) confusa (Beirne, 1950)

Cixidia (Epiptera) fusca (Walker, 1851)

Cixidia (Epiptera) fusiformis (Van Duzee, 1910)

Cixidia (Epiptera) henshawi (Van Duzee, 1910)

Cixidia (Epiptera) manitobiana (Beirne, 1950)

Cixidia (Epiptera) opaca (Say, 1830)

Cixidia (Epiptera) pallida (Say, 1830)

Cixidia (Epiptera) septentrionalis (Provancher, 1889)

Cixidia (Epiptera) shoshone (Ball, 1933)

Cixidia (Epiptera) slossoni (Van Duzee, 1908)

Cixidia (Epiptera) variegata (Van Duzee, 1908)

Cixidia (Epiptera) woodworthi (Van Duzee, 1916)

Range

holarctic; across NA(1)

Food

nymphs and adults feed on fungi under bark

Remarks

It is likely that there are many undescribed members of this genus in our area. This, in combination with the high variability of the described species, makes identification from photographs very difficult.

Internet References

Genus page(1)

Works Cited

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

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 21 January, 2005 - 11:38pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov, TurtleDude, antarctica
Last updated 30 March, 2024 - 5:24pm

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