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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) » Cixioidea » Cixiid Planthoppers (Cixiidae) » Cixiinae » Cixiini » Cixius

Genus Cixius

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Food · Remarks · Internet References · 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 Fulgoromorpha (Planthoppers)

Superfamily Cixioidea

Family Cixiidae (Cixiid Planthoppers)

Subfamily Cixiinae

Tribe Cixiini

Genus Cixius

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

revised in Kramer (1981) (1)

Explanation of Names

Cixius Latreille 1804

Numbers

28 spp. described in our area, >300 worldwide(2)

Cixius angustatus (Caldwell, 1938): eastern U.S. and Canada

Cixius apicalis (Metcalf, 1923): eastern U.S. and Canada

Cixius balli (Kramer, 1981): AZ

Cixius caldwelli (Kramer, 1981): OH, VA

Cixius chisosus (Caldwell, 1938): TX

Cixius cinctus (Ball, 1937): AZ

Cixius clitellus (Ball, 1937): AZ

Cixius coloepeum (Fitch, 1856): transcontinental U.S. and Canada

Cixius comptus (Fowler, 1904): AZ; Mexico

Cixius cultus (Ball, 1902): western and central U.S. and Canada

Cixius ephratus (Ball, 1937): NV, UT

Cixius evexus (Kramer, 1981): CA

Cixius krameri (Tsaur, 1990): CA

Cixius knulli (Caldwell, 1938): TX

Cixius meridionalis (Beirne, 1950): AK, MT; transcontinental Canada

Cixius misellus (Van Duzee, 1916): eastern U.S., transcontinental Canada

Cixius narke (Kramer, 1981): CA

Cixius nervosus (Linnaeus, 1758): transcontinental U.S.; Europe and Asia

Cixius nike (Kramer, 1981): transcontinental U.S. and Canada

Cixius pini (Fitch, 1851): eastern U.S. and Canada

Cixius praecox (Van Duzee, 1925): western U.S. and Canada

Cixius procrustes (Kramer, 1981): AR, KS

Cixius prodotes (Kramer, 1981): NC, OH

Cixius prominens (Tsaur, 1990): CA

Cixius quebecensis (Beirne, 1951): eastern U.S. and Canada

Cixius stigmatus (Say, 1825): transcontinental U.S. and Canada

Cixius vandykei (Van Duzee, 1925): CA, WA

Cixius yufengi (Tsaur, 1993): CA

Range

worldwide(2)

Food

significance of adult host records is unclear(2)

Remarks

This genus is polyphyletic and in need of revision. The species of the old world have been arranged into multiple subgenera.

Internet References

Genus page - Univ. Delaware(2)

Works Cited

1.	Taxonomic study of the planthopper genus Cixius in the United States and Mexico (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea: Cixiidae) Kramer J.P. 1981. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 107: 1–68.

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

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 21 January, 2005 - 5:18pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, v belov, antarctica
Last updated 21 January, 2022 - 7:32pm

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