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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)

Family Issidae - Issid Planthoppers

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Internet References · Works Cited
Osbornia sp. - Tylanira ustulata Leafhopper - Aplos simplex Picumna chinai? - Picumna chinai Agalmatium bilobum? - Agalmatium bilobum Planthopper - Thionia bullata Kathleenum - Kathleenum cornutum Picumna chinai? - Picumna chinai Puckered Planthopper - Lateral - Thionia bullata
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)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
see (1)
Explanation of Names
Issidae Spinola 1839
Numbers
24 spp. in 11 genera in our area(2), ~930 spp. in ~180 genera worldwide(3)
Identification
wings usually shorter than in Flatidae, and without the warty surface where the forewings meet over the back.
in nymphs, the wax filaments projecting from the rear are straight and bundled, not bushy. (Tropiduchid nymphs may also have straight wax filaments)
Internet References
Fact sheet(2)
Works Cited
1.Planthopper family Issidae (Insecta: Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha): Linking molecular phylogeny with classification.
Wang, M.L., Y.L. Zhang and T. Bourgoin. 2016. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 105: 224-234.
2.Bartlett C.R. and contributors (2017-) Planthoppers of North America
3.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 - 1:50am
Additional contributions by cotinis, john and jane balaban, Lynette Elliott, Mike Quinn, ceiseman, v belov, KenW, antarctica
Last updated 28 September, 2021 - 5:41am

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