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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)
Photo#171227
black eyed and dusty gray
Copyright © 2008 Valerie G. Bugh

black eyed and dusty gray
Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
June 30, 2007
Size: between 3 and 5 mm
Looks like Issidae but doesn't match anything I could find.
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Contributed by Valerie G. Bugh on 27 February, 2008 - 10:16am
Last updated 17 December, 2020 - 12:44pm

I think this is Exortus
Exortus was formerly in Hysteropterum which is the genus Dr. Hamilton first placed this image in...

Exortus genus page

Exortus fuscomaculosus (Doering)
- Range: FL
Det. A. Hamilton, 2008

Exortus punctiferus (Walker)
- Range: TX, FL-SC
Det. L. B. O'Brien, 2003
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… Mike Quinn, 25 January, 2023 - 12:55am login or register to post comments

 
interesting
that does seem possible. the pale costal margin and the shortness of the wings as well as the high pruinosity makes me skeptical though. I asked Charles Bartlett about this one a while ago and at the time he suggested that it could be a subbrachypterous Kathleenum. I’m not really sure what to make of this one.
… Solomon Hendrix, 25 January, 2023 - 1:49am login or register to post comments

 
what abt Kathleenum cornutum??
.
this K. cornutum has a pale costal margin...

Kathleenum cornutum (Melichar)
- widely dist. in w. US
Det. S. Hendrix, 2021
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… Mike Quinn, 25 January, 2023 - 1:55am login or register to post comments

 
it seems
like the most likely candidate to me, but without seeing the markings I’m unsure. the wing shape seems off as well. hopefully we’ll see more specimens like this one.

edit: C.R. Bartlett determined that specimen from photos by the way, I just moved it
… Solomon Hendrix, 25 January, 2023 - 2:36am login or register to post comments

Moved for now
Moved from Kathleenum cornutum.
… Solomon Hendrix, 17 December, 2020 - 12:44pm login or register to post comments

Just saying
This is without doubt one of the cutest insects I've seen. Great find, Valerie.
… Graham Montgomery, 17 December, 2020 - 12:12pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Issidae.
… Brad Barnd, 28 February, 2008 - 9:12am login or register to post comments

Hysteropterum cornutum
An Issid related to Thionia, but shorter. This is the palest species in the genus.
… Andy Hamilton, 28 February, 2008 - 9:06am login or register to post comments

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