Genus Calyptoproctus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Remarks · Works Cited

Alphina glauca - Calyptoproctus marmoratus

Calyptoproctus marmoratus‏ Spinola, 1839 - Calyptoproctus marmoratus - male

Large Cicada-like Planthopper - Calyptoproctus marmoratus

Cryptic leafhopper? - Calyptoproctus marmoratus

Unidentified bug - Calyptoproctus marmoratus

Large gray and green planthopper - Calyptoproctus marmoratus

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 Fulgoridae (Fulgorid Planthoppers)

Subfamily Poiocerinae

Tribe Poiocerini

Subtribe Calyptoproctina

Genus Calyptoproctus

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

generic placement of our only species, C. marmoratus, will be changed(1)

The species Alphina glauca and Calyptoproctus marmoratus are similar and belong in the same genus, however neither appear to belong to Alphina or Calyptoproctus.(2)

Explanation of Names

Calyptoproctus Spinola 1839

Numbers

a single species in our area, 10 spp. total(1)

Range

se. US to Brazil(1)

Remarks

Metcalf didn't find any specimens he thought fit Spinola's 1839 description (Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 8: 271-274), so didn't illustrate it in his 1923 paper on the Fulgoridae of the eastern US. However, he named a species Crepusia glauca based on a specimen from Texas and paratypes from Nogales, AZ. Someone looked for the type from Texas recently and couldn't find it anywhere. That name was subsequently changed to Alphina glauca by Metcalf (1938). (based on information provided by Lois O'Brien and Andy Hamilton)

Works Cited

1.	Bartlett C.R. and contributors (2017-) Planthoppers of North America

2.	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.

Contributed by Bill Reynolds on 8 November, 2010 - 10:01am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 1 September, 2017 - 10:33am

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