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Contents
- 1 Family Tropiduchidae Stål, 1866
- 1.1 Subfamily Elicinae Melichar, 1915
- 1.2 Tribe Elicini Melichar, 1915
Family Tropiduchidae Stål, 1866
Subfamily Elicinae Melichar, 1915
Tribe Elicini Melichar, 1915
= Gaetuliini Fennah, 1978 (sensu Gnezdilov 2007)
(Note: Historically part of Issidae [e.g., Fennah 1954]; subsequently transferred to Nogodinidae [Fennah 1984], then to Tropiduchidae [Gnezdilov 2007]).
Genus Dictyssonia Ball, 1936
Type species (in original combination):
Dictyssonia beameri Ball, 1936.
Synonyms
none.
Distribution
Southwestern US (Arizona).
Distribution of Dictyssonia from FLOW (as of 21 Dec. 2020)
Recognized species
There is a single species recognized in the genus (see Metcalf catalog – Metcalf 1958, Issidae – p. 319):
Dictyssonia beameri Ball, 1936 – USA: AZ
Economic Importance
Limited.
Known host plants
None reported.
Hosts from Wilson et al. (1994); plant names from USDA PLANTS or Tropicos.
Recognition
The genus was reviewed by Doering 1939: 156.
Dictyssonia can be recognized among the Gaetuliini by the forewings, covering the abdomen (vs. Danepteryx or Osbornia), forewing shape; forewing more elongate, costal margin somewhat rounding with a distinct bulla present at the base of each wing; vertex not obtusely produced, distance from eye to the apex of the head much less than the width of the eye; posterior tibiae with 3 lateral spines.
Dictyssonia beameri
Online resources
Bugguide.
Discover Life.
FLOW.
EOL.
GBIF.
iNaturalist.
3i (Dmitry Dmitriev).
Collecting
Dictyssonia is collected by inspecting likely host plants or sweeping.
Molecular resources
As of this writing, data for Dictyssonia is not available on Genbank or on Barcode of life.
Selected references
Ball, E. D. 1936. Some new Issidae with notes on others (Homoptera- Fulgoridae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 49: 155-157.
Doering, K. C. 1939. A contribution to the taxonomy of the subfamily Issinae in America north of Mexico (Fulgoridae, Homoptera). Part III. University of Kansas Science Bulletin 26: 83-167. (see p. 156)
Fennah, R. G. 1954. The Higher classification of the family Issidae (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea) with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 105(19): 455-474.
Fennah, R. G. 1984. Revisionary notes on the classification of the Nogodinidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea), with descriptions of a new genus and a new species. Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine 120: 81-86.
Gnezdilov, V. M. 2007. On the systematic positions of the Bladinini Kirkaldy, Tonginae Kirkaldy, and Trienopinae Fennah (Homoptera, Fulgoroidea). Zoosystematica Rossica 15: 293-297.
Kirkaldy, G. W. 1907. Leafhoppers supplement (Hemiptera). Bulletin of the Experiment Station of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters’ Association, Entomological Series 3:1-186, plus 20 plates.
Kirkaldy, G. W. 1908. A brief note on three (two new) California Fulgoroid Hemiptera. Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 2: 22-23.
Melichar, L. 1906. Monographie der Issiden. (Homoptera). Abhandlungen der K. K. Zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 3: 1-327.
Melichar, L. 1915. Monographie der Lophopinen. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici 13: 337-385 [379].
Metcalf, Z. P. 1958. General catalogue of the Homoptera. Fasc. IV. Fulgoroidea, Part 15. Issidae. North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC. 561 pp.
O’Brien, L. B. 1988. Taxonomic changes in North American Issidae (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 81: 865-869.
Stål, C. 1866. Hemiptera Homoptera Latr. Hemiptera Africana vol. 3-4. Officina Norstedtiana, Stockholm, Sweden. 200 + 276 pp.
Uhler, P. R. 1889. New genera and species of American Homoptera. Transactions of the Maryland Academy of Sciences 1: 33-44.
Wilson, S. W., C. Mitter, R. F. Denno and M. R. Wilson. 1994. Evolutionary patterns of host plant use by delphacid planthoppers and their relatives. In: R. F. Denno and T. J. Perfect, (eds.). Planthoppers: Their Ecology and Management. Chapman and Hall, New York. Pp. 7-45 & Appendix.
