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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Hoppers (Auchenorrhyncha) » Cicadas, Spittlebugs, Leafhoppers, and Treehoppers (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 · Food · Remarks · Works Cited
Rugosana Rugosana Leafhopper - Rugosana querci Rugosana querci Rugosana querci Leafhopper - Rugosana querci Male, Gypona bimaculata? - Rugosana leafhopper nymph Madera - Rugosana Rugosana querci
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 (Cicadas, Spittlebugs, Leafhoppers, and Treehoppers)
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: e US into Southwest
Rugosana ramosa (Kirkaldy, 1907): TX, AZ
Rugosana verrucosa DeLong, 1942: AZ
extralimital species
Rugosana carpa Freytag, 2005
Rugosana compta (Fowler, 1903)
Rugosana consora DeLong & Freytag, 1964
Rugosana edita DeLong & Freytag, 1964
Rugosana pacta DeLong & Freytag, 1964
Rugosana puniceiventris (Fowler, 1903)
Rugosana reta Freytag, 2005
Rugosana rugosa (Spångberg, 1878)
Rugosana urbana DeLong & Freytag, 1964
Rugosana varga DeLong & Freytag, 1973
Rugosana venusta DeLong & Freytag, 1964
Identification
Article on identification here
it is very important, particularly in the west, to see pregenital sternite of females. These species have much more roughly-textured wings than the similar Gyponana, creating a mottled appearance. Males can potentially be ID'd, but saving a specimen for analysis is recommend in the western states. In the northeast, R. querci is the only known species. 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.
Pregenital sternites of US species.
Range
e NA to CA to Costa Rica(1)
Food
Oaks
Remarks
R. rugosa is a Mexican species that was confused with R. querci specimens in the eastern U.S. for some time
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 7 February, 2024 - 11:01am

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