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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) » Delphacoidea » Cixiid Planthoppers (Cixiidae) » Cixiinae » Pintaliini » Pintalia

Genus Pintalia

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

Brown and White Hopper - Pintalia delicata

UDCC_TCN 00011466 - Pintalia gurneyi - male

Pintalia… Pintalia vibex - Pintalia vibex - male

UDCC_TCN 00102251 (HOLOTYPE) - Pintalia gurneyi - male

Florida Planthopper for ID - Pintalia delicata

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 Pintaliini

Genus Pintalia

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

= Ciocixius Metcalf, 1923

= Cotyleceps Uhler, 1895

= Metabrixia Fowler, 1904

Explanation of Names

Pintalia Stål 1862

Type species (in original combination): Pintalia lateralis Stål, 1862

Numbers

3 spp. in our area, ~80 total(1)

Pintalia delicata (Fowler, 1904): eastern to southwestern U.S. to Nicaragua

Pintalia gurneyi Kramer, 1983: southeastern U.S.

Pintalia vibex Kramer, 1983: eastern U.S.

Identification

the only cixiid to hold its wings vertically when folded. P. delicata is distinguished by the contrasting pale stripe down the back; P. vibex occurs in the se. US. (Dr Hamilton)

Range

US (esp. southeast) to S. America(1)

Remarks

Definitive identification of these species is difficult without a male specimen on hand. Pintalia vibex Kramer, 1983 is significantly more common than P. gurneyi Kramer, 1983, but the former is highly variable in color and overlaps in form with the latter. Thus, many identifications of P. vibex on BugGuide are tentative.

Additionally, none of the U.S. taxa belong to Pintalia in the strict sense and will likely be split out of the genus in the future, likely with the status of Metabrixia Fowler being reinstated.

Pintalia delicata (Fowler, 1904)

Pintalia gurneyi Kramer, 1983

Pintalia vibex Kramer, 1983

Internet References

Genus Page - Univ. Delaware(1)

Works Cited

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

Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 27 June, 2006 - 11:02pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov, antarctica
Last updated 15 August, 2023 - 1:43pm

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