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Fulgoridae (fulgorid planthopper)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Fulgoridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1807Fulgoridae Latreille
1878Fulgoridae Scudder p. 771
1906Fulgoridae Handlirsch p. 496
1921Fulgoridae Cockerell
1937Fulgoridae Martynov p. 95
1953Fulgoridae Bode
1989Fulgoridae Zhang p. 61
2003Fulgoridae Wappler
2004Fulgoridae Szwedo et al. p. 51
2010Fulgoridae Lin et al. p. 751
2012Fulgoridae Cryan and Urban
2018Fulgoridae Szwedo p. 111
2022Fulgoridae Bourgoin and Szwedo
2023Fulgoridae Bourgoin and Szwedo p. 566

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
RankNameAuthor
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Clareocercaria
Acercaria()
superorderPancondylognatha
Condylognatha
orderHemiptera
HemelytrataFallen 1829
suborderFulgoromorpha(Evans 1946)
informalEucixioidian
superfamilyFulgoroidea
familyFulgoridae
familyFulgoridae

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. Fulgoridae Latreille 1807 [fulgorid planthopper]
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G. Aphaena Guerin and Meneville 1833
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Aphaena atava Scudder 1877
Aphaena lithoecia Zhang 1989
Aphaena rotundipennis Scudder 1878
Subfm. Enchophorinae Haupt 1929
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G. Enchophora Spinola 1839
Subfm. Fulgorinae Latreille 1807
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Tr. Fulgorini Latreille 1807
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G. Fulgora Linnaeus 1767 [lanternfly]
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Fulgora granulosa Scudder 1878
Fulgora obticescens Scudder 1890
Fulgora populata Scudder 1890
G. Limois Stal 1866
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Limois pardalis Zhang 1989
Limois shanwangensis Hong 1979
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Invalid names: Fulgoropsis fusca Hong 1984 [synonym], Hylophylax erromena Lin 1982 [synonym], Oxycephala xiejiaheensis Hong 1984 [synonym]
Invalid names: Fulgoropsis Hong 1984 [synonym], Hylophylax Lin 1982 [synonym], Oxycephala Hong 1979 [synonym]
G. Lycorma Koch 1882
G. †Nyktalos Metcalf 1952
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Nyktalos uhleri Scudder 1890
Nyktalos vigil Scudder 1890
Invalid names: Nyctophylax Scudder 1890 [replaced]
Subfm. Phenacinae Haupt 1929
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G. Pterodictya Burmeister 1835
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Pterodictya ephemera Fabricius 1794
Subfm. Poiocerinae Haupt 1929
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Tr. Lystrini Spinola 1839
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G. Lystra Fabricius 1803
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Lystra leei Scudder 1890
Lystra richardsoni Scudder 1878
Tr. Poiocerini Haupt 1929
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G. Poiocera Laporte 1832
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Poiocera pristina Germar and Berendt 1856
G. †Ptomatosaiva Zhang et al. 1994
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Ptomatosaiva endea Zhang et al. 1994
Invalid names: Tropiduchinae Stål 1866 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the MP 13 to the top of the Turolian or 48.60000 to 5.33300 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 47.8 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Canada (British Columbia) Enchophora sp. (121046)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Colorado) Aphana atava (121146)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Aphana rotundipennis, Lystra richardsoni (121322) Fulgora granulosa, Aphana rotundipennis, Lystra richardsoni (121306) Lystra richardsoni (122092) Lystra richardsoni, Lystra leei, Fulgora populata (122090)
MP 1348.6 - 40.4Germany (Eifel) Fulgoridae indet. (135640) Lycorma sp. (138912)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9China (Xizang) Fulgoridae indet. (221626)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Poland Poeocera pristina (109625)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Nyctophylax uhleri, Nyctophylax vigil, Fulgora obticescens (106384)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97China (Shandong) Fulgoropsis fusca, Oxycephala xiejiaheensis, Aphaena lithoecia (128550) Hylophylax erromena (130412) Limois shanwangensis (128552) Limois shanwangensis, Limois pardalis, Aphana lithoecia (128551) Oxycephala shanwangensis (128556) Oxycephala xiejiaheensis (128549) Ptomatosaiva endea (138946)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Australia (New South Wales) Fulgoridae indet. (224044)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333France (Ardèche) Pterodictya ephemera (172761)