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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Hoppers (Auchenorrhyncha) » Cicadomorpha » Leafhoppers and Treehoppers (Membracoidea) » Typical Leafhoppers (Cicadellidae) » Iassinae » Gyponini » Rugosana

Genus Rugosana

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

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 Cicadomorpha

Superfamily Membracoidea (Leafhoppers and Treehoppers)

Family Cicadellidae (Typical Leafhoppers)

Subfamily Iassinae

Tribe Gyponini

Genus Rugosana

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Previously treated as a subgenus of Gyponana

Explanation of Names

Rugosana DeLong 1942

Numbers

10 spp. in our area, 21 total(1)

Rugosana ampliata (Ball, 1935): AZ

Rugosana chadana (Ball & Reeves, 1927): UT, AZ

Rugosana fibrata (DeLong, 1942): AZ

Rugosana lora (DeLong, 1942): AZ

Rugosana manua (DeLong, 1942): CA, UT, AZ

Rugosana plummeri (DeLong, 1942): AZ, Mexico

Rugosana pullata (Ball, 1935): GA, MS, AZ, Mexico

Rugosana querci (DeLong, 1942): eastern U.S. into Southwest

Rugosana ramosa (Kirkaldy, 1907): TX, AZ

Rugosana verrucosa (DeLong, 1942): AZ

Identification

full article on identification here

Particularly in the western states, it is very important that detailed underside shots of females are obtained showing the pregenital sternite (which are often distinctive among species in this genus). These species have much more roughly-textured wings than the similar Gyponana, creating a mottled appearance. Many species look identical and this genus is very understudied, so underside shots are crucial. Males can potentially be ID'd, but saving a specimen for analysis is recommend in the western states. In the northeastern states, R. querci is the only known species present. The southeast is more difficult with the additional presence of R. pullata, but most southeastern images will tentatively be moved to R. querci for now given the rarity of R. pullata and the likelihood of slight morphological differences.

see below for a graphic detailing the pregenital sternites of U.S. species.

Range

e NA to Calif. / s. to Costa Rica(1)

Season

June-Dec, but yr round in FL & AZ (BG data)

Food

Oaks

Remarks

R. rugosa is a Mexican species that was confused with R. querci specimens in the eastern U.S. for some time. This species is not found in the U.S.

Extralimital species

Rugosana carpa (Freytag, 2005): Dominican Republic

Rugosana compta (Fowler, 1903): Mexico

Rugosana consora (DeLong & Freytag, 1964): Guatemala

Rugosana edita (DeLong & Freytag, 1964): Guatemala

Rugosana pacta (DeLong & Freytag, 1964): Guatemala

Rugosana puniceiventris (Fowler, 1903): Mexico

Rugosana reta (Freytag, 2005): Dominican Republic

Rugosana rugosa (Spangberg, 1878): Mexico

Rugosana urbana (DeLong & Freytag, 1964): Guatemala

Rugosana varga (DeLong & Freytag, 1973): Mexico

Rugosana venusta (DeLong & Freytag, 1964): Mexico

Works Cited

1.	Dmitriev D.A. (2003-) 3I interactive keys and taxonomic databases

Contributed by tom murray on 1 September, 2011 - 2:42pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov, TurtleDude, antarctica
Last updated 18 February, 2021 - 10:25am

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