Family Derbidae

Subfamily Derbinae

Tribe Derbini Spinola, 1839

    = Mysidiini Broomfield, 1985; syn. by Emeljanov 1996a: 74.

Genus Dysimia Muir, 1924

Type species: Dysimia maculata Muir 1924.

Synonyms: None.

Distribution: USA: Florida and Neotropics

Recognized species

There is a single species reported in the US and 13 additional extant and one fossil species (15 total) (Neotropical list from Lois O'Brien, unpublished).

1 Dysimia astarte Broomfield 1985:95 - Venezuela
2 Dysimia distincta Broomfield 1985:93 - Puerto Rico
3 Dysimia fennahi Broomfield 1985:94 - Puerto Rico
4 Dysimia fuscoclypeata Fennah 1952:124 - Venezuela

5 Dysimia imprudens† Emeljanov & Shcherbakov, 2000 (fossil)
6 Dysimia jamaicensis (Distant 1907:396) - Jamaica
7 Dysimia maculata Muir 1924:463 - Puerto Rico
8 Dysimia maculipennis Broomfield 1985:95 - Ecuador
9 Dysimia morrisi Broomfield 1985:93 - Ecuador
10 Dysimia muiri Broomfield 1985:92 - Jamaica
11 Dysimia numa Fennah 1971:324 - Cayman Is.
12 Dysimia obrieni Broomfield 1985:92 - Costa Rica
13 Dysimia pseudomaculata Broomfield, 1985: 91; replacement name for D. maculata Ball, 1928 [nec. Muir, 1924] (misidentification) - USA: FL
14 Dysimia putilla Fennah 1952:124 - St. Lucia
15 Dysimia telfordi Broomfield 1985:94 - Puerto Rico

Economic Importance:

Limited.

Known host plants: 

Dysimia maculata Muir - Sabal (palmetto, Arecaceae), Coccothrinax gracilis Burret (Arecaceae), Inga vera Willd. (river koko, Fabaceae), Inga laurina (Sw.) Willd. (sacky sac bean)

Hosts from Wilson et al. 1994; plant names from USDA PLANTS or Tropicos.

Recognition:

Dysimia pseudomaculata (all photographs and drawings by Kimberley Shropshire, University of Delaware)

This species on bugguide. (much more attractive in life).

Collecting

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Molecular resources: As of this writing, there are no molecular data for this genus on Barcode of Life or Genbank.

Selected references:

Broomfield, P. S. 1985. Taxonomy of Neotropical Derbidae in the new tribe Mysidiini (Homoptera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 50(1): 1-152.

Emeljanov, A. F. & D. E. Shcherbakov. 2000. Kinnaridae and Derbidae (Homoptera, Fulgoroidea) from the Dominican amber. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Monatshefte 7: 438-448.

Fennah, R. G. 1952. On the generic classification of Derbidae (Fulgoroidea), with descriptions of new Neotropical species. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 103(4): 109-170.

Fennah, R. G. 1971. Fulgoroidea from the Cayman Islands and adjacent areas. Journal of Natural History 5: 299-342.

Muir, F.A.G. 1924. New and little-know Fulgorids from the West Indies (Homoptera). Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society. Honolulu 5: 461-472 [463].

Wilson, S. W., C. Mitter, R. F. Denno, and M. R. Wilson. 1994. Evolutionary patterns of host plant use by delphacid planthoppers and their relatives. In: R. F. Denno and T. J. Perfect, (eds.). Planthoppers: Their Ecology and Management. Chapman and Hall, New York. Pp. 7-45 & Appendix