Family Kinnaridae

Subfamily Kinnarinae Muir, 1925

Tribe Oeclidiini Emeljanov, 2006

Genus Oeclidius Van Duzee, 1914

Type species: Oeclidius nanus Van Duzee, 1914.

Synonyms:

   = Paroeclidius Myers, 1928 (Type species Paroeclidius luizi Myers, 1928); new status (subgenus) by Fennah 1980: 682, 695.

Distribution: Southwestern USA and Central America

Recognized species

There are 6 species reported north of Mexico, 16 additional species in the Neotropics, and 2 fossil species.

Nearctic species (north of Mexico)

Oeclidius brickellus Ball, 1934a - USA: AZ, NV, UT

Oeclidius carolus Ball, 1934a - USA: AZ
Oeclidius fraternus Van Duzee, 1923 - USA: AZ, CA, UT; Mexico (Baja California Sur, Sonora)
Oeclidius nanus Van Duzee, 1914 - USA: AZ, CA NM, NV, UT; CAN: BC; Mexico (Baja California, Baja California Sur, Isla Tortuga, Isla Cerralvo [Jacques Cousteau], Isla San Lorenzo)
Oeclidius nimbus Ball, 1934a - USA: AZ
Oeclidius transversus Ball, 1934a - USA: AZ, CA

Neotropical species (list adopted from FLOW)

1 Oeclidius aboraca Fennah, 1980
2 Oeclidius antricola Fennah, 1980
3 Oeclidius conopa Fennah, 1980
4 Oeclidius fulgidus (Van Duzee, 1907)
5 Oeclidius fuscosus (Van Duzee, 1907)
6 Oeclidius hades Fennah, 1973
7 Oeclidius hanabanillae Myers, 1928
8 Oeclidius koebelei Muir, 1934
9 Oeclidius luizi (Myers, 1928)
10 Oeclidius minos Fennah, 1980
11 Oeclidius parallelus Muir, 1934
12 Oeclidius pelagon Fennah, 1980
13 Oeclidius persephone Fennah, 1980
14 Oeclidius princeps Fennah, 1980
15 Oeclidius tenellus (Fowler, 1904)
16 Oeclidius trinitatis Myers, 1928

Fossil species

1 Oeclidius browni† Bourgoin & Lefebvre, 2002 (fossil)

2 Oeclidius salaco† Emeljanov & Shcherbakov, 2000 (fossil)

Economic Importance:

Limited.

Known host plants: 

Oeclidius brickellus - Trixis californica Kellogg (Asteraceae)

Oeclidius sp. - Hymenoclea salsola Torr. & A. Gray (Asteraceae)

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

Recognition:

Oeclidius nanus (all photographs and drawings by Kimberley Shropshire, University of Delaware)

This genus on bugguide. (oddly, images of a nymph, from floor of cave)

Collecting

Adults are taken by sweeping or beating.

Molecular resources: As of this writing, Genbank has several genes for Oeclidius sp., and Barcode of life has data for two Oeclideus species (Oeclidius brickellus, O. nanus).

Selected references:

Ball, E. D. 1934. The genus Oeclidius Van Duzee (Homoptera-Fulgoridae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist 10(2): 77-80.

Liang, A.P. and G.M. Jiang. 2003. Wax-exuding cuticular pores in Oeclidius nanus Van Duzee (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Kinnaridae). Journal of Entomological Science 38(2): 247-253.

Kuznetsova, V.G. and Q. Maryanska-Nadachowska. 2006. The male reproductive organs and karyotype of Oeclidius pr. nanus Van Duzee: first record for the family Kinnaridae (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea). Russian Entomological Journal 15(3): 281-286.

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

Van Duzee, E. P. 1914. A preliminary list of Hemiptera of San Diego County, California. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 2: 1-57.