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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 » Cixiid Planthoppers (Cixiidae) » Cixiinae » Pintaliini » Pintalia » Pintalia vibex

Species Pintalia vibex

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Cixiid or Delphacid? - Pintalia vibex Planthopper - Pintalia vibex Cixiid Planthopper - Pintalia vibex Pintalia vibex Pintalia - Pintalia vibex dark brown hopper with spots - Pintalia vibex Pintalia vibex Kramer - Pintalia vibex Pintalia vibex
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 Cixiidae (Cixiid Planthoppers)
Subfamily Cixiinae
Tribe Pintaliini
Genus Pintalia
Species vibex (Pintalia vibex)
Explanation of Names
Pintalia vibex Kramer 1983
Size
♂ 5.8-7.2 mm, ♀ 6.8-7.8 mm(1)
Identification
this is the most laterally compressed Cixiid, one with a less obvious white stripe down the back than the more common P. delicata. (Dr Hamilton, 21.vii.2007)
Range
e. US (MD-FL to IL-KS-TX) - Map (2)(3)
See Also
Pintalia gurneyi Kramer, 1983
- Range: se US, uncommon
Det. C.R. Bartlett
Print References
Kramer, J.P. 1983. Taxonomic study of the planthopper family Cixiidae in the United States (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 109: 1-57.
Internet References
Genus Page - Univ. Delaware(2)
Works Cited
1.Taxonomic study of the planthopper family Cixiidae in the United States (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea).
Kramer, J.P. 1983. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 109(1): 1-57.
2.Bartlett C.R. and contributors (2017-) Planthoppers of North America
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 21 June, 2007 - 9:03am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Robert Lord Zimlich, v belov
Last updated 24 February, 2023 - 11:54pm

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