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Achilidae of Costa Rica (and vicinity)


Preliminary list of species

Achilidae 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
Achilidae               Most literature records from Metcalf (1948)
Abas unipunctatus Fennah, 1950 L
Amblycratus fuscolineatus (Fowler 1904) L
Amblycratus fuscus Metcalf, 1938 L
Apateson albomaculatum Fowler, 1900 L L L L
Ateson marmoratum Metcalf, 1938 L Sevia bicarinata (Fabricius, 1803)
Catonia albidovariegata (Fowler, 1904) L L
Catonia bugabae Fennah, 1950 L
Catonia championi Fennah, 1950 L L
Catonia chiriquensis (Fowler, 1904) L
Catonia sancti-geronimi Fennah, 1950 L
Catonia sobrina (Fowler, 1904) L L
Catonia zunilana Fennah, 1950 L
Catonoides fusca Metcalf, 1938 L
Elidiptera callosa Metcalf, 1922 L
Kardopocephalus lineatus Metcalf, 1938 L
Koloptera breviceps Fennah, 1965 L
Koloptera callosa Metcalf, 1938 L Koloptera longiceps (Fowler, 1904)
Momar lineaticollis (Fowler, 1904) L
Myconus uniformis Metcalf, 1938 L
Plectoderella scapularis Metcalf, 1938 L
Plectoderes collaris Coquebert, 1901 L
Plectoderes flavovittatus Fowler, 1904 L
Plectoringa excelsa (Fowler, 1904) L
Pseudhelicoptera nasuta Fowler, 1904 L
Rhinocolura championi (Fowler, 1904) L
Rhotala ambigua Fowler, 1905 L
Rhotella punctata (Metcalf, 1938) L
Rupex asper (Fowler, 1904) L
Sevia fusca Metcalf, 1938 L
Sevia lutespersa Fennah, 1945 L
Spino cretaceous Fennah 1950 L
Spino notatus (Fowler, 1904) L
Symplegadella irrorata Fennah, 1950 L

 

Gernot Kunz' Gallery of Costa Rican Achilidae. I have not yet reconciled his list with this one.

Literature

Fennah, R. G. 1950. A generic revision of the Achilidae (Homoptera: Fulgorodea) with descriptions of new species. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 1(1): 1-170.

Fennah, R. G. 1965. New Achilidae (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea) from Central America, South Africa and South East Asia. Zoologische Beitrage (N.S.) 11: 77-102.

Metcalf, Z. P. 1948. General Catalogue of the Hemiptera. Fascicle IV, Fulgoroidea, Part 10 Achilidae. Smith College, Northhampton, Massachusetts.