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Fulgoridiidae

Insecta - Hemiptera - Fulgoridiidae

Taxonomy

Fulgoridiinae was named by Handlirsch (1939). Its type is Fulgoridium.

It was reranked as the family Fulgoridiidae by Hong (1979), Ansorge (1996), Szwedo et al. (2004), Lin et al. (2010), Szwedo (2018), Bourgoin and Szwedo (2022), Poinar et al. (2022) and Bourgoin and Szwedo (2023).

It was assigned to Fulgoridae by Handlirsch (1939); to Fulgoroidea by Hong (1979), Ansorge (1996), Szwedo et al. (2004), Lin et al. (2010), Szwedo (2018) and Poinar et al. (2022); and to Fulgoridioidea by Bourgoin and Szwedo (2022) and Bourgoin and Szwedo (2023).

Subtaxa

Cixiites, Elasmoscelidium, Eofulgoridium, Fulgoridium (syn. Phryganidium) (type genus), Mesocixiella fennahi, Stonymetopus, Valvifulgoria

Synonyms

Mesocixiella fennahi was named by Whalley (1985). Its type specimen is BMNH In 53942, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Flatstones, Stonebarrow, Charmouth (Jackson collection), which is in an Obtusum marine mudstone in the United Kingdom.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Szwedo et al. (2004).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1939	Fulgoridiinae Handlirsch p. 122
1979	Fulgoridiidae Hong p. 302
1985	Mesocixiella fennahi Whalley p. 143 figs. Fig 38
1996	Fulgoridiidae Ansorge p. 44
2004	Fulgoridiidae Szwedo et al. p. 55
2010	Fulgoridiidae Lin et al. p. 751
2018	Fulgoridiidae Szwedo p. 111
2022	Fulgoridiidae Bourgoin and Szwedo
2022	Fulgoridiidae Poinar et al. p. 84
2023	Fulgoridiidae Bourgoin and Szwedo p. 565

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
class	Insecta
—	Dicondylia
—	Paranotalia
subclass	Pterygota	()
—	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924

Rank	Name	Author
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
—	Clareocercaria
—	Acercaria	()
superorder	Pancondylognatha
—	Condylognatha
order	Hemiptera
—	Hemelytrata	Fallen 1829
suborder	Fulgoromorpha	(Evans 1946)
informal	Eucixioidian
superfamily	Fulgoridioidea
family	Fulgoridiidae	()
family	Fulgoridiidae	()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. †Fulgoridiidae Handlirsch 1939

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G. †Cixiites Handlirsch 1906

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†Cixiites liasinus Handlirsch 1906

G. †Elasmoscelidium Martynov 1926

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†Elasmoscelidium boreale Bode 1905

†Elasmoscelidium promotum Bode 1953

†Elasmoscelidium rectemarginatum Bode 1953

†Elasmoscelidium rotundatum Martynov 1926

†Elasmoscelidium venulosum Bode 1953

G. †Eofulgoridium Martynov 1937

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†Eofulgoridium kisylkiense Martynov 1937

†Eofulgoridium proximum Martynov 1937

†Eofulgoridium tenellum Zhang et al. 2003

G. †Fulgoridium Handlirsch 1906

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†Fulgoridium acutum Handlirsch 1939

†Fulgoridium alatum Handlirsch 1939

†Fulgoridium ampliatum Handlirsch 1939

†Fulgoridium anale Handlirsch 1939

†Fulgoridium ancylla Handlirsch 1939

†Fulgoridium angulosum Handlirsch 1939

†Fulgoridium anomalum Handlirsch 1939

†Fulgoridium balticum Geinitz 1880

†Fulgoridium basilaesum Bode 1953

†Fulgoridium bifurcatum Handlirsch 1939

†Fulgoridium bodei Handlirsch 1939

†Fulgoridium brachyptilum Handlirsch 1939

†Fulgoridium breve Handlirsch 1939

†Fulgoridium breviradiatum Handlirsch 1939

†Fulgoridium brunsvicense Handlirsch 1939

†Fulgoridium clavatum Handlirsch 1939

†Fulgoridium cubitofurcatum Bode 1953

†Fulgoridium cubitoramosum Bode 1953

†Fulgoridium cuneiforme Bode 1953

†Fulgoridium curvipenne Handlirsch 1939

†Fulgoridium debile Handlirsch 1939

†Fulgoridium defunctum Handlirsch 1939

†Fulgoridium dilutum Handlirsch 1939

†Fulgoridium dubium Geinitz 1884

†Fulgoridium elegantulum Handlirsch 1939

†Fulgoridium exhumatum Handlirsch 1939

†Fulgoridium exiguemaculatum Bode 1953

†Fulgoridium fabri Bode 1953

†Fulgoridium fallerslebense Bode 1953

†Fulgoridium fenestratum Handlirsch 1939

†Fulgoridium fractum Handlirsch 1939

†Fulgoridium geinitzi Handlirsch 1939

†Fulgoridium germanicum Handlirsch 1906

†Fulgoridium gottingense Bode 1953

†Fulgoridium graphipterum Handlirsch 1939

†Fulgoridium grave Handlirsch 1939

†Fulgoridium hattorfense Bode 1953

†Fulgoridium hildesheimense Bode 1953

†Fulgoridium hondelanum Bode 1953

†Fulgoridium inaequale Handlirsch 1939

†Fulgoridium incertecoloratum Bode 1953

†Fulgoridium inconspicuum Handlirsch 1939

†Fulgoridium incurvatum Bode 1953

†Fulgoridium infuscatum Bode 1953

†Fulgoridium intercalatum Handlirsch 1939

†Fulgoridium lapideum Handlirsch 1906

†Fulgoridium latius Bode 1953

†Fulgoridium latum Handlirsch 1906

†Fulgoridium liadis Handlirsch 1906

†Fulgoridium litorale Handlirsch 1939

†Fulgoridium mancomarginatum Bode 1953

†Fulgoridium marginepunctatum Handlirsch 1939

†Fulgoridium megapolitanum Handlirsch 1939

†Fulgoridium modestum Handlirsch 1939

†Fulgoridium mortuum Handlirsch 1939

†Fulgoridium multipunctatum Handlirsch 1939

†Fulgoridium multivenosum Handlirsch 1939

†Fulgoridium nebulosum Handlirsch 1939

†Fulgoridium nodosum Handlirsch 1939

†Fulgoridium nubeculum Handlirsch 1939

†Fulgoridium obtusum Handlirsch 1939

†Fulgoridium oligoneurum Handlirsch 1939

†Fulgoridium oligospilum Handlirsch 1939

†Fulgoridium pallidum Handlirsch 1906

†Fulgoridium parvispilum Handlirsch 1939

†Fulgoridium paulodilatatum Bode 1953

†Fulgoridium picturatum Handlirsch 1939

†Fulgoridium plicatum Handlirsch 1939

†Fulgoridium polyneurum Handlirsch 1939

†Fulgoridium posidonicum Bode 1953

†Fulgoridium praeobtusum Bode 1953

†Fulgoridium pulchrum Handlirsch 1939

†Fulgoridium punctatum Handlirsch 1939

†Fulgoridium quadrisignatum Handlirsch 1939

†Fulgoridium radioramosum Bode 1953

†Fulgoridium raromaculatum Bode 1953

†Fulgoridium reduncum Bode 1953

†Fulgoridium regulare Handlirsch 1939

†Fulgoridium remotum Handlirsch 1939

†Fulgoridium retractum Handlirsch 1939

†Fulgoridium rotundatum Handlirsch 1939

†Fulgoridium schandelahensis Szwedo et al. 2004

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Invalid names: Fulgoridium rotundatum Bode 1953 [replaced]

†Fulgoridium semiperspicuum Bode 1953

†Fulgoridium silvaticum Bode 1953

†Fulgoridium spilographum Handlirsch 1921

†Fulgoridium stigmaticum Handlirsch 1939

†Fulgoridium symmetricum Bode 1953

†Fulgoridium tenuimaculatum Bode 1953

†Fulgoridium trifurcatum Handlirsch 1939

†Fulgoridium venosum Handlirsch 1906

†Fulgoridium vicinum Handlirsch 1939

†Fulgoridium violatum Bode 1953

Invalid names: Phryganidium Geinitz 1880 [synonym]

G. †Stonymetopus Poinar et al. 2022

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†Stonymetopus megus Poinar et al. 2022

G. †Valvifulgoria Lin 1986

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†Valvifulgoria pingkuiensis Lin 1986

†Valvifulgoria tiantungensis Lin 1986

Invalid names: Mesocixiella fennahi Whalley 1985 [nomen dubium]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available