Family Cixiidae

Subfamily Cixiinae

Tribe Oecleini Muir, 1922

Genus Nymphocixia Van Duzee, 1923

Type species (in original combination): Nymphocixia unipunctata Van Duzee, 1923.

Synonyms: None.

Distribution:.

Recognized species

Nymphocixia unipunctata Van Duzee 1923:189 - USA: SC, FL; Belize, Mexico (Isla Espíritu Santo, Baja California Sur), Columbia
   = Nymphocixia vanduzeei Muir 1930:13, according to Kramer 1983:45.

Note: Nymphocixia caribbea Fennah, 1971 (Cayman Islands) moved to Nymphomyndus Emelyanov 2007:113.

Economic Importance:

Limited.

Known host plants: 

Nymphocixia unipunctata - Corypha elata Roxb.(Arecaceae), Rhizophora mangle L. (red mangrove, Rhizophoraceae), Laguncularia racemosa (L.) C.F. Gaertn. (white mangrove, Combretaceae), Avicennia germinans (L.) L. (black mangrove, Verbenaceae)

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

Recognition:

The arrangement of the head is unique - the head appears rounded in lateral view and in dorsal view projects posteriorly to hide the anterior portion of the pronotum.

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 (but genbank has some sequence data for Nymphomyndus caribbea listed under Nymphocixia.

Selected references:

Emeljanov, A. F. 2007. New and little known taxa of the family Cixiidae (Homoptera, Fulgoroidea). Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 86(1): 107-131

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

Kramer, J. P. 1983. Taxonomic study of the planthopper family Cixiidae in the United States (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 109: 1-57.

Van Duzee, E. P. 1923. Expedition of the California Academy of Sciences to the Gulf of California in 1921 - The Hemiptera (True Bugs, etc.). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Ser. 4) 12: 123-200.

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