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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 » Delphacid Planthoppers (Delphacidae) » Delphacinae » Delphacini » Pareuidella

Genus Pareuidella

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

Please help us to identify this Delphacid planthopper. - Pareuidella

UDCC_NRI 00005461 - Pareuidella avicephaliforma - male

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 Delphacidae (Delphacid Planthoppers)

Subfamily Delphacinae

Tribe Delphacini

Genus Pareuidella

Explanation of Names

Pareuidella Beamer 1951

Numbers

5 spp. total, all in our area(1)

Pareuidella avicephaliforma Beamer, 1951: USA—AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, TX; Cuba

Pareuidella magnistylus (Crawford, 1914): USA—AZ, GA, NC?; Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Mexico (Guerrero, Sinaloa, Veracruz), Panama, Puerto Rico, St. Thomas, Turks & Caicos, Venezuela)

Pareuidella spatulata Beamer, 1951: USA—AR, FL, GA, IL, NC, TN

Pareuidella triloba (Metcalf, 1923): USA—AL, FL, LA, MS, NC, SC, TX; Bahamas (Cat, San Salvador); Belize; Bermuda

Pareuidella weedi (Van Duzee, 1897): USA—AZ, CA, DE, FL, GA, IL, KY, LA, MO, MS, NC, NY, OK, SC, TX, WI; Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands (Cayman Brac), Cuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Mexico (San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa), Puerto Rico

Identification

Members of this genus are generally not separable without examination of the male terminalia. However, P. weedi is the only species that occurs in the northern states.

Authoritatively determined male specimens:

Pareuidella avicephaliforma Beamer, 1951

Pareuidella magnistylus (Crawford, 1914)

Pareuidella spatulata Beamer, 1951

Pareuidella triloba (Metcalf, 1923)

Pareuidella weedi (Van Duzee, 1897)

Range

e. US to CA (NY-FL to MO-TX-CA) to Venezuela; W. Indies(2)

See Also

Nilaparvata

Javasella

Internet References

Genus page - Univ. Delaware(1)

Works Cited

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

2.	A review of the planthoppers (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea) of the United States Bartlett C. R., O'Brien L. B. & Wilson S. W. 2014. Memoirs of the American Entomological Society 50: 1-287.

Contributed by tom murray on 15 June, 2015 - 4:30pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov, antarctica
Last updated 5 April, 2025 - 4:58pm

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