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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 » Kinnarid Planthoppers (Kinnaridae) » Oeclidius » Oeclidius nanus

Species Oeclidius nanus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Range · Habitat · Life Cycle · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Cave Creature - Oeclidius nanus Oeclidius nanus Van Duzee - Oeclidius nanus Oeclidius nanus Van Duzee - Oeclidius nanus Oeclidius nanus Van Duzee - Oeclidius nanus UDCC_TCN 00013185 - Oeclidius nanus UDCC_TCN 00013185 - Oeclidius nanus UCRC_ENT 00123736 - Oeclidius nanus - male UCRC_ENT 00123736 - Oeclidius nanus - male
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 Kinnaridae (Kinnarid Planthoppers)
Genus Oeclidius
Species nanus (Oeclidius nanus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Oeclidius brickellus Ball 1934
Explanation of Names
Oeclidius nanus Van Duzee 1914(1)
Range
UT, NV, AZ(2), + TX (BG data)
Habitat
Found on floor of cave (BG data)
Life Cycle
found many adults on brickellbush (Brickellia, Asteraceae) in Madera Canyon in the oak-juniper zone. (Lois O'Brien, pers. comm.)
See Also
has 3 carinae on the mesonotum, although they can have 1. And the vertex in dorsal view is longer than wide and narrowed apically, while the genus Oecleus in the cixiids is narrowed posteriorly. (Lois O'Brien, pers. comm.)
Print References
Van Duzee, E.P. 1914. A preliminary list of Hemiptera of San Diego County, California. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 2: 1-57.
Internet References
Genus page - Univ. Delaware(3)
Works Cited
1.A review of the planthoppers (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea) of the United States
Bartlett C. R., O'Brien L. B. & Wilson S. W. 2014. Memoirs of the American Entomological Society 50: 1-287.
2.Dmitriev D.A. (2003-) 3I interactive keys and taxonomic databases
3.Bartlett C.R. and contributors (2017-) Planthoppers of North America
Contributed by John R. Maxwell on 17 September, 2010 - 4:15pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 29 October, 2017 - 7:33pm

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