Family Derbidae

Subfamily Derbinae

Tribe Derbini Spinola, 1839

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

Genus Paramysidia Broomfield, 1985

Type species (in original combination): Mysidia mississippiensis Dozier, 1922.

Synonyms: None.

Distribution: USA: Florida and Neotropics

Recognized species

There are 7 species, only one of which occurs in the U.S..

Paramysidia barbara Broomfield 1985:106 - Honduras, Costa Rica, El Salvador
Paramysidia boudica Broomfield 1985: 107 - Panama
Paramysidia felix Broomfield 1985:106 - Brazil
Paramysidia mississippiensis (Dozier1922:82) - USA: USA: FL, LA, MS, OK, TX
Paramysidia nigropunctata (Metcalf, 1938) - Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua
Paramysidia tessellata Broomfield 1985:107 - Costa Rica
Paramysidia vulgaris Broomfield 1985:106 i Brazil, Peru

Economic Importance:

Limited.

Known host plants: 

Paramysidia mississippiensis - Sabal palmetto (Walter) Lodd. ex Schult. & Schult. f. (cabbage palmetto, Arecaceae), Acer (Maple, Aceraceae)

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

Recognition:

Revised by Broomfield (1985).  Mysidia and Paramysidia are the only U.S. derbids that hold their wings in a 'mothilike' pose.  Paramysidia is larger (ca. 7 mm) than Mysidia (ca. 4 mm., and lacks the conspicuous spots).  Clavus closed, Second antennal segment globular, Cubital vein of forewing four branched (CuA and M4 basally connected by crossvein)

Paramysidia mississippiensis (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.

Dozier, H. L. 1922. A synopsis of the genus Stenocranus, and a new species of Mysidia (Homoptera). Ohio Journal of Science 22: 69-82.

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.

Metcalf, Z. P. 1938. The Fulgorina of Barro Colorado and other parts of Panama. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard Collections 82: 277-423. [Available http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org]

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