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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 » Derbid Planthoppers (Derbidae) » Otiocerinae » Otiocerini » Otiocerus

Genus Otiocerus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Food · Internet References · Works Cited
derbid hopper - Otiocerus wolfii Orange and White Hopper - Otiocerus coquebertii Red Otiocerus? - Otiocerus coquebertii Otiocerus wolfii Derbidae Otiocerus wolfii - Otiocerus wolfii ID Request - Otiocerus wolfii Otiocerus kirbyii Otiocerus wolfii
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 Derbidae (Derbid Planthoppers)
Subfamily Otiocerinae
Tribe Otiocerini
Genus Otiocerus
Explanation of Names
Otiocerus Kirby 1821
Numbers
9 spp. in our area, 14 total(1)
Otiocerus abbotii Kirby, 1821: eastern U.S. and Canada
Otiocerus amyotii Fitch, 1856: eastern to central U.S. and Canada
Otiocerus coquebertii Kirby, 1821: eastern and central U.S. and Canada
Otiocerus francilloni Kirby, 1821: eastern U.S.
Otiocerus kirbyii Fitch, 1851: eastern to central U.S. and Canada
Otiocerus reaumurii Kirby, 1821: eastern to central U.S. and Canada
Otiocerus stollii Kirby, 1821: eastern to central U.S. and Canada
Otiocerus wolfii Kirby, 1821: eastern to central U.S. and Canada
extralimital species
Otiocerus breviceps Fowler, 1900: Panama
Otiocerus fontis Fennah, 1952
Otiocerus lyncaeste Fennah, 1952
Otiocerus regalis Fennah, 1952
Otiocerus schoenherri Stål, 1859
Otiocerus venustus Fowler, 1900: Guatemala, Panama
Range
se. Canada to Panama, W. Indies(1)
Food
food plants are deciduous trees(2)
Internet References
Genus page(1)
Works Cited
1.Bartlett C.R. and contributors (2017-) Planthoppers of North America
2.The Fulgoridae or plant-hoppers of Mississippi.
Dozier, H.L. 1922. Discertation, The Ohio State University, Columbus. 152 pp.
Contributed by tom murray on 13 May, 2005 - 8:27pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, Mike Quinn, Robert Lord Zimlich, v belov, antarctica
Last updated 1 October, 2023 - 7:28pm

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