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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 » Tropiduchid Planthoppers (Tropiduchidae)

Family Tropiduchidae - Tropiduchid Planthoppers

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Print References · Works Cited
Dictyonia obscura - Dictyonia n-sp - female Turbo hopper Issidae? - Dictyssa Danepteryx robusta Dictyonissus griphus Dictyssa obliqua? 02 Jul 22, 2017 - Dictyssa Dictyonia sp. (Maybe D. obscura?) - Dictyonia Tangia breviceps, Boca Raton, FL - Tangia breviceps
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 Tropiduchidae (Tropiduchid Planthoppers)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
taxonomy follows (1)
Explanation of Names
Tropiduchidae Stål 1866
Numbers
64 spp. in 12 genera in our area(1), ~700 spp. in ~200 genera worldwide(2)
Range
in our area, across the south, north to WA in the west and NC in the east(2)
Print References
(3)(4)
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.Bartlett C.R. and contributors (2017-) Planthoppers of North America
3.A contribution to the taxonomy of the subfamily Issinae in America north of Mexico (Fulgoridae, Homoptera). Part I
Doering K.C. 1936. U. Kans. Sci. Bull. 24: 421-467.
4.Tropiduchidae (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea) of the United States
O'Brien L.B. 1992. Ann. Ent. Soc. Am. 85: 121-126.
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 6 July, 2006 - 6:56pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, ceiseman, v belov, Harsi S. Parker, antarctica
Last updated 31 December, 2024 - 3:57pm

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