Species Caliscelis bonellii

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Food · Remarks · Works Cited

Caliscelis bonellii, male - Caliscelis bonellii - male

minuscule 6-legged creatures with bulky front legs - Caliscelis bonellii

Caliscelis bonellii female? - Caliscelis bonellii

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)

Subfamily Caliscelinae

Tribe Caliscelini

Genus Caliscelis

Species bonellii (Caliscelis bonellii)

Explanation of Names

Caliscelis bonellii (Latreille 1807)

Identification

distinctive: strong sexual dimorphism, front legs greatly modified(1)

Range

adventive in CA-OR (1)(2)(BG data); native to Europe/Mediterranean

Food

Known hosts: Cynodon dactylon (Bermudagrass)(1)

Remarks

earliest NA record: CA 1965(2)

Works Cited

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

2.	Short-horned bugs (Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha) introduced to North America

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 25 April, 2005 - 1:45am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 20 August, 2017 - 6:59pm

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