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Acanaloniidae of Costa Rica (and vicinity)


Preliminary list of species

Acanaloniidae of Costa Rica (and adjacent countries)

Assembled by UD undergraduates Kaitlin Handley and Sara Laskowski (both of which have since graduated).

Planthoppers of Costa Rica and adjacent countries (Compiled by Handley, Laskowski and Bartlett) (draft July 10, 2013) (L = literature record, S = specimen).
Species Belize Guatemala El Salvador Honduras Nicaragua Costa Rica Panama References and Comments
Acanaloniidae                
Acanalonia affinis Fowler, 1900 L Metcalf 1954
Acanalonia caelata Fowler, 1900 L Metcalf 1954
Acanalonia conica (Say, 1830); = Acanalonia panimae Fowler, 1900 L Metcalf 1954
Acanalonia decens Stal, 1864 L Metcalf 1954
Acanalonia delicatula Fowler, 1900 L Metcalf 1954
Acanalonia dubia Fowler, 1900 L Metcalf 1954
Acanalonia excavata Van Duzee, 1933 L Metcalf 1954, Halbert et al. 2007
Acanalonia gaumeri Fowler, 1900 L Metcalf 1954
Acanalonia inclinata Melichar, 1901 L Metcalf 1954

Gernot Kunz' Gallery of Costa Rican Acanaloniidae. (At least one of his photos [IMG_0447.2] is a genus other than Acanalonia.

 

Literature

Halbert, S.E., L.B. O'Brien and S.W.Wilson. 2007. The planthopper genus Acanalonia in Florida with notes on a recently introduced species, A. excavata (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Acanaloniidae). Florida Entomologist 90(4): 690-692.

Metcalf, Z.P. 1954. General Catalogue of the Hemiptera. Fascicle IV, Fulgoroidea, Part 14 Acanaloniidae. North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina.