[Return to North American Issidae]
Family Issidae Spinola, 1839
Subfamily (incertae sedis)
[Higher taxonomy revised by Wang et al. 2016; formerly placed in Issinae, Issini, subtribe Hysteropterina; see also Gnezdilov 2016]
Genus Abolloptera Gnezdilov & O’Brien 2006
Type species (in original combination): Hysteropterum bistriatum Caldwell, 1945.
Synonyms
None.
Distribution
USA: Texas; Mexico.
Recognized species
There is a single species currently assigned to this genus
Abolloptera bistriata (Caldwell, 1945) – USA: TX; Mexico (Nuevo León)
= Hysteropterum bistriatum Caldwell, 1945: 100.
= Abolloptera bistriata (Caldwell, 1945); comb. by Gnezdilov & O’Brien 2006: 223.
Economic Importance
Limited.
Plant associations
Apparently none.
Hosts from Wilson et al. 1994; plant names from USDA PLANTS or Tropicos.
Recognition
Hind wings absent or rudimentary, Body elongate (not rounded in dorsal view, vs Paralixes & Traxus), wings not strongly reticulate; intermediate carinae of frons obsolete (not raised, may be visible as a colored line); frons with longitudinal depression each side of median carina; anterior margin of vertex medially projecting, weakly bisinuate laterally.
Diagnosis (from Gnezdilov & o’Brien 2006)
Metope [~frons] wide and flat; with only median keel distinct, continuing through postclypeus. Coryphe [~vertex] transverse. Pronotum without keels. Scutellum
with weak lateral keels. Fore wings broad, widely rounded apically, with rather wide hypocostal plate, radius and media bifurcate, cubitus anterior simple or bifurcate. Hind wings rudimentary. Hind tibia with 2 lateral teeth. Metatarsomere I with 7 intermediate socle setae. Male: Dorsolateral phallobase lobes fused dorsally, with elongate processes above aedeagal ventral hooks. Ventral phallobase lobe wide, with deep notch apically. Ventral aedeagal hooks long, directed to the base of aedeagus. Paramere without neck, capitulum of paramere wide in lateral view. Female: Gonoplacs without keels. Furca with short basal part. Posterior connective lamina of gonapophyses IX elongate. Each distal part of posterior connective lamina obtusely angulate, with a weak triangular process in the angle. Median field convex, with a deep incision between lobes. Lateral fields weakly convex. Gonocoxa VIII with straight hind margin weakly protruding. Endogonocoxal process gradually narrowing apically. Anterior connective lamina of gonapophyse VIII with 3 large teeth in apical group and 2 keeled teeth and 2 keels in lateral group.
Online resources
Bugguide (genus not present)
FLOW.
EOL.
iNaturalist. (genus is not present, link to family)
BOLD. (genus is not present, link to family)
GBIF.
GenBank. (genus not present, link to search)
Collecting
Adults are taken by sweeping or beating.
Molecular resources
As of this writing, there is no data on Abolloptera in Genbank or Barcode of Life.
Selected references
Bartlett, C. R., L. B. O’Brien and S. W. Wilson. 2014. A review of the planthoppers (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea) of the United States. Memoirs of the American Entomological Society 50: 1-287.
Caldwell, J. S. 1945. Notes on Issidae from Mexico (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 38: 89-120.
Gnezdilov, V. M. and L. B. O’Brien. 2006. Generic changes in United States Issini (Hemiptera, Fulgoroidea, Issidae). Insecta Mundi 20(3-4): 217-225.
Gnezdilov, V. M. 2016. Notes on the phylogenetic relationships of planthoppers of the family Issidae (Hemiptera, Fulgoroidea) of the Western Palaearctic fauna, with descriptions of two new genera. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 95(2): 362-382.
Melichar, L. 1906a. Monographie der Issiden. (Homoptera). Abhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königliche Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 3: 1-327.
Metcalf, Z. P. 1958. General Catalogue of the Homoptera. Fascicle IV, Fulgoroidea, Part 15, Issidae. Waverly Press, Inc., Baltimore, Maryland.
O’Brien, L.B. 1988. Taxonomic changes in North American Issidae (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 81(6): 865-869.
Spinola, M. 1839a. Essai sur les Fulgorelles, sous-tribu de la tribu des Cicadaires, ordre des Rhyngotes. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 8: 133-337.
Spinola, M. 1839b. Essai sur les Fulgorelles, sous-tribu de la tribu des Cicadaires, ordre des Rhyngotes. (Suite). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 8: 339-454.
Wang, M. L., Y. L. Zhang and T. Bourgoin. 2016. Planthopper family Issidae (Insecta: Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha): Linking molecular phylogeny with classification. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 105:224-234.
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.