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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Hoppers (Auchenorrhyncha) » Cicadas, Spittlebugs, Leafhoppers, and Treehoppers (Cicadomorpha) » Leafhoppers and Treehoppers (Membracoidea) » Typical Leafhoppers (Cicadellidae) » Deltocephalinae » Koebeliini » Koebeliina » Koebelia

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Copyright © 2007 Joyce Gross

hopper with parasite - Koebelia

Knowland Park, Oakland, Alameda County, California, USA
March 21, 2007
Size: 6mm

From a Monterey Pine. This resembles a leafhopper to me, but I haven't seen any with bumps on the forewings before, and the somewhat reduced spines on the hind legs don't look right. What is it? And what is the parasite??? The bug wasn't doing well when I caught it, and today it died.
The white stuff might be a fungus, but I'm not sure.
Parasite closeups here.

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hopper with parasite - Koebelia

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Contributed by Joyce Gross on 23 May, 2007 - 3:11am
Last updated 26 July, 2007 - 4:55pm

Dryinidae

The sac is formed by a Hymenopteran parasite. These larvae are quite common in leafhoppers, although their free-living adults are seldom seen and sometimes mistaken for ants. For an illustration of the adult, see www.faculty.ucr.edu/~legneref/adults/gif/dryin1f.adu.gif

… Andy Hamilton, 21 October, 2008 - 12:41pm

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Maybe not

Strepsiptera are often in the abdomen of an insect (endoparasites), even the pupae. This may in fact be a Dryinid, a mite, a pipunculid pupa or [probably not] an Epipyropid moth. We'll see if someone else chimes in. Cool photo!

… Matt Bertone, 24 May, 2007 - 5:51pm

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I think you have an amazing f

I think you have an amazing find there. I'd say that what you have is a Strepsipteran, maybe in the family Halictophagidae. In addition to parasitizing hymenoptera, the other common host for these uncommon insects is Leafhoppers. I could be wrong, but I hope I'm right. If it is, I think this is a male so maybe try to keep it alive and see if you can't eventually get an adult male Strepsipteran.

… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 23 May, 2007 - 3:38am

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could be...

Having a Strepsipteran is one of my hopes, but I'm just not sure. I haven't been able to find enough information about them.
The only thing I'm pretty sure of is that it's not a mite, which is what I first thought when I found it.

… Joyce Gross, 23 May, 2007 - 5:05am

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