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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 » Issid Planthoppers (Issidae) » Issinae » Thioniini » Paralixes » Paralixes scutatus

Species Paralixes scutatus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Range · Habitat · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Issidae (Issid Planthoppers)
Subfamily Issinae
Tribe Thioniini
Genus Paralixes
Species scutatus (Paralixes scutatus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Paralixes scutatus (Walker)
Orig. Comb: Issus scutatus Walker, 1858
Numbers
1 sp. n. of Mex.(1)
Range
AZ & w. to c. TX to Guatemala - Map (2)(3), most records from along the Balcones Fault of c. TX
Habitat
adult and imm. found in separate caves in c. TX(4)
Remarks
rarely encountered(1)
Print References
Walker, F. 1858. Homoptera. Insecta Saundersiana: or characters of undescribed insects in the collection of William Wilson Saunders, Esq. British Museum, London. Pp. 1-117.
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.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
4.University of Texas Insect Collection (UTIC)
Contributed by v belov on 21 August, 2015 - 7:01pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 15 January, 2024 - 12:26pm

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