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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 » Piglet Bugs (Caliscelidae)

Family Caliscelidae - Piglet Bugs

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Bruchomorpha jocosa - male Caliscelidae? - Asarcopus palmarum Female, Bruchomorpha decorata Metcalf, 1923 - Bruchomorpha decorata - female Bruchomorpha dorsata? - Bruchomorpha dorsata small bug - Bruchomorpha USNM_ENT 01145730 - Fitchiella mediana - female UDCC_TCN 00016576 - Bruchomorpha jocosa - female KUNHM-ENT SM0327415 - Bruchomorpha dorsata - 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 Fulgoroidea
Family Caliscelidae (Piglet Bugs)
Other Common Names
Elephanthoppers
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Formerly considered a subfamily (Caliscelinae) of Issidae.
Explanation of Names
Caliscelidae Amyot & Serville 1843
Numbers
53 spp. in 8 genera in our area, ~200 spp. in ~64 genera worldwide(1)(2)
Identification
Small, cylindrical planthoppers that are brachypterous (rarely macropterous), with the wings much shorter than the abdomen. Caliscelids have a single lateral spine on the hind tibia, while issids and Gaetuliine tropiduchids typically have more.
Range
Worldwide (Holzinger 2007); in our area, mostly c. & sw. US(1)
Food
Most species feed on grasses
Life Cycle
Development from egg to adult averaged 68 days in a laboratory study
Remarks
Planthoppers in the genus Osbornia (Tropiduchidae: Gaetuliini) are superficially similar, as the only North American planthopper taxon that also may have wings much shorter than the abdomen. Thus, Osbornia is often included in caliscelid keys.
Print References
Holzinger W.E. (2007) Redescriptions of Ordalonema faciepilosa, Peltonotellus melichari and P. raniformis, with a key to Western Palaearctic genera of Caliscelidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha). Eur. J. Entomol. 104: 277–283 (Full text)
Internet References
Family page - Univ. Delaware(1)
Wikipedia
Works Cited
1.Bartlett C.R. and contributors (2017-) Planthoppers of North America
2.Bourgoin T. (2017) FLOW (Fulgoromorpha Lists on the Web): a world knowledge base dedicated to Fulgoromorpha. Version 8.
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 25 April, 2005 - 1:18am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, Graham M, v belov, antarctica
Last updated 5 July, 2023 - 5:53pm

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