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Genus Antilliarus

Cixiid Planthopper - Antilliarus slossoni

Melanoliarus aridus? - Antilliarus slossoni

Melanoliarus slossonae - Antilliarus slossoni

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 Delphacoidea

Family Cixiidae (Cixiid Planthoppers)

Subfamily Cixiinae

Tribe Pentastirini

Genus Antilliarus

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

A recent segregate from the genus Melanoliarus.(1)

Explanation of Names

Antilliarus Hendrix & Bartlett, 2025

Numbers

1 species in our area, 4 in total.

Antilliarus slossoni (Van Duzee, 1912)

Remarks

Primarily Caribbean in distribution, with one species reaching southern Florida.

Works Cited

1.	Reclassification of the Planthopper Genus Melanoliarus Fennah, 1945 (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae), primarily North of Mex Hendrix, S.V. & Bartlett, C.R. 2025. Zootaxa.

Contributed by Solomon V. Hendrix on 6 April, 2025 - 6:44pm
Last updated 27 April, 2025 - 12:37pm

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