miércoles, 17 de junio de 2015

jueves, 21 de mayo de 2015

Amblyscarta ruficeps Walker, 1858

Amblyscarta ruficeps Walker, 1858

Chiapas: Mexico


photo: http://naturalhistory.museumwales.ac.uk/sharpshooters/browserecord.php?-recid=129

domingo, 3 de mayo de 2015

Ladoffa dependens Young, 1977

Ladoffa dependens Young, 1977



image: http://libutron.tumblr.com/post/93995443143/leafhopper-ladoffa-dependens-the-genus-ladoffa

Apogonalia stalii (Signoret, 1855)

Apogonalia stalii (Signoret, 1855)

Huejutla de Reyes, Hidalgo, México


photo: http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2011/07/01/unknown-leafhopper-from-mexico/

sábado, 2 de mayo de 2015

miércoles, 22 de abril de 2015

Melormenis Metcalf 1938

Family Flatidae

Subfamily Flatinae Spinola, 1839

Tribe Nephesini Melichar, 1923



genus Melormenis Metcalf 1938

Melormenis infuscata (Stål 1864: 55) - Mexico: Guerrero
Melormenis leucophaea (Stål 1864: 55) - Mexico 
Melormenis pallidicosta (Walker 1858: 115) - Mexico: Veracruz


 Melormenis leucophaca




Photos by Kimberley Shropshire
http://ag.udel.edu/research/planthoppers/families/species/Melormenis.htm

Metcracis Medler, 1993

Family Flatidae

Subfamily Flatoidinae Melichar, 1901

Tribe Flatoidini Melichar, 190


genus Metcracis Medler, 1993

Metcracis basistigma (Walker 1858b: 69)- Mexico
Metcracis fusca (Van Duzee, 1908: 497) - Mexico: Baja California Sur
Metcracis humeralis (Walker 1858: 70) - Mexico
Metcracis laevior (Fowler 1900: 61) - Mexico
Metcracis scaber (Fowler 1900: 61)- Mexico: Guerrero
Metcracis sordida (Stål 1864: 54) - Mexico 

Metcracis fusca

 



images by Kimberley Shropshire
info: http://ag.udel.edu/research/planthoppers/families/species/Metcracis.htm


  

lunes, 13 de abril de 2015

Oncometopia flava Signoret,1855

Oncometopia flava Signoret, 1855
Mexico


info:http://naturalhistory.museumwales.ac.uk/sharpshooters/browserecord.php?-recid=238


Allogonia concinnula (Fowler, 1900)

Allogonia concinnula (Fowler, 1900)
Mexico: Veracruz, Maolinco


info:http://naturalhistory.museumwales.ac.uk/sharpshooters/browserecord.php?-recid=72

domingo, 5 de abril de 2015

Graphocephala redacta Fowler, 1900

Graphocephala redacta Fowler, 1900
Mexico: Jalisco, Barra de Navidad


info and photo: http://naturalhistory.museumwales.ac.uk/sharpshooters/browserecord.php?-recid=21

jueves, 2 de abril de 2015

Rhabdocephala Van Duzee,1929

Family Fulgoridae

Subfamily Amyclinae

Tribe Amyclini Metcalf, 1938


genus Rhabdocephala Van Duzee,1929

Rhabdocephala brunnea Van Duzee, 1929 - Mexico: Sonora



photographs by Kimberley Shropshire
info: http://ag.udel.edu/research/planthoppers/families/species/Rhabdocephala.htm

Alaruasa Distant, 1906

Family Fulgoridae

Subfamily Poiocerinae

Tribe Poiocerini Haupt, 1929

Subtribe Poiocerina Haupt, 1929



genus Alaruasa Distant, 1906


1- Alaruasa anceps (Stal, 1869) - Mexico
    = Acmonia anceps Stål, 1869; comb. by O’Brien 1985: 660.
2- Alaruasa illustrata Nast, 1951 - Mexico
3- Alaruasa lepida (Spinola, 1839) -  Mexico: Nuevo León
    = Poblicia tricolor (Gerstaecker, 1860); syn. by O’Brien 1985: 660.
    = Poblicia atomaria (Walker 1858); syn. by O’Brien 1985: 660.
4- Alaruasa pallidoconspersa (Distant, 1905) - Mexico
5- Alaruasa walkeri Oman 1936: 105 (new name for Poiocera constellata Walker, 1858 nec Guerin-Meneville, 1860) - Mexico


Alaruasa lepida (Spinola, 1839)



photographs by Kimberley Shropshire

info:http://ag.udel.edu/research/planthoppers/families/species/Alaruasa.htm

Poblicia Stal, 1866

Family Fulgoridae

Subfamily Poiocerinae

Tribe Poiocerini Haupt, 1929

Subtribe Poiocerina Haupt, 1929


genus Poblicia Stal, 1866


  1. Poblicia fuliginosa (Olivier, 1791) – Mexico: Chihuahua, Coahuila, Morelos y Nuevo León.
  2. Poblicia misella (Stål, 1863) – Mexico

Poblicia fuliginosa (Olivier, 1791)


photographs by Kimberley Shropshire

info:http://canr.udel.edu/planthoppers/north-america/north-american-fulgoridae/genus-alaruasa-distant-1906-2/

martes, 31 de marzo de 2015

Graphocephala apicata Young, 1977

Graphocephala apicata Young, 1977

San Blas, Nayarit, Mexico

info: http://naturalhistory.museumwales.ac.uk/sharpshooters/browserecord.php?-recid=1714

sábado, 14 de marzo de 2015

Hortensia similis (Walker, 1851)

Hortensia similis (Walker, 1851)


Image: http://naturalhistory.museumwales.ac.uk/sharpshooters/Image_gallery.php

Graphocephala aurolineata (Fowler, 1900)

Graphocephala aurolineata (Fowler, 1900)

Mexico: Chilpancingo, Guerrero


info and photo:http://naturalhistory.museumwales.ac.uk/sharpshooters/Image_gallery.php

viernes, 13 de marzo de 2015

Scolopsella Ball, 1905.

Family Fulgoridae

Subfamily Amyclinae

Tribe Amyclini Metcalf, 1938

Genus Scolopsella Ball, 1905

Scolopsella reticulata Ball, 1905

Mexico: Baja California Sur, Gulf of California: Carman Island, San Marcos Island and Sonora




Scolopsella mexicana O'Brien, 1986 

 Mexico: Baja California and Baja California Sur






photographs by Kimberley Shropshire
info: http://ag.udel.edu/research/planthoppers/families/species/Scolopsella.htm

miércoles, 11 de marzo de 2015

Nersia florens Stål, 1862


Family Dictyopharidae

Subfamily Dictyopharinae Onuki, 1901

Tribe Nersiini Emeljanov, 1983 (sensu Emeljanov 2011)

Genus Nersia Stål, 1862


Nersia florens Stål, 1862

 Mexico: Chiapas, Durango, Hidalgo, Guerrero, Morelos, San Luis Potosí, Tabasco, Veracruz y Yucatán


info and photos:http://canr.udel.edu/planthoppers/north-america/north-american-dictyopharidae/genus-nersia-stal-1862/


viernes, 6 de marzo de 2015

Apogonalia monticola (Fowler, 1899)

Apogonalia monticola (Fowler, 1899) 

Sierra de las Aguas Escondidas, Guerrero: Mexico


image from: http://naturalhistory.museumwales.ac.uk/sharpshooters/Image_gallery.php

martes, 3 de marzo de 2015

Tylozygus fasciatus (Walker, 1851)

Tylozygus fasciatus (Walker, 1851)

Veracruz, Mexico

photo: http://naturalhistory.museumwales.ac.uk/sharpshooters/Image_gallery.php

jueves, 26 de febrero de 2015

Xyphon sagittifera (Uhler, 1895)

Xyphon sagittifera (Uhler, 1895)



photo: http://naturalhistory.museumwales.ac.uk/sharpshooters/browserecord.php?-recid=1090


miércoles, 25 de febrero de 2015

Philatis Stal, 1862

Family Acanaloniidae

Subfamily Acanaloniinae

Tribe Acanaloniini


genus Philatis Stal, 1862: 68

Philatis signata (Van Duzee, 1923) - Mexico
  = Euthiscia signata Van Duzee, 1923
  Philatis signata (Van Duzee, 1923)
Philatis tuberculata (Van Duzee, 1923) Mexico: Baja California
  = Euthiscia tuberculata Van Duzee, 1923
  = Philatis tuberculata (Van Duzee, 1923)


Philatis signata (Van Duzee, 1923)




Philatis tuberculata (Van Duzee, 1923)




information from:http://ag.udel.edu/research/planthoppers/families/species/Euthiscia.htm

photos by Kimberley Shropshire