A Review of the Planthoppers (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea) of the United States: Supplement 1

Abstract

Here we review changes to the planthopper (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea) fauna north of Mexico since the publication of "A review of the planthoppers (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea) of the United States" . There are 12 species in 4 families added to the fauna and 50 changes in the generic assignment in 4 families. The most significant faunal addition is the spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula (White)), with populations reported in 14 states and vagrants in 3 more. We review some nomenclatural and taxonomic issues and provide a list of anomalous records that may represent unreported or undescribed species that require further investigation. All told, these additions and changes (excluding anomalous records) give totals of 175 genera and 924 species in 13 families of planthoppers, a net addition of 1 family, 8 genera, and 10 species to the tally provided in 2014.

On the Status of Otiocerus coquebertii rubidus Osborn 1938 (Derbidae: Otiocerinae: Otiocerini)

“…The derbid planthopper genus Otiocerus Kirby consists of 15 species distributed primarily in the eastern United States and Mesoamerica (Bourgoin 2022). A key to the genus for US Derbidae is found in Bartlett et al (2014), and a key to eastern US species in Bartlett et al (2011). Members of the genus (Figs.…”

“…Members of the genus (Figs. 1, 2) are fragile, approximately 8-10 mm in length, head strongly dorsoventrally flattened and strongly anteriorly projecting, dorsum of the head straight (fastigium obtusely angular in lateral view), antennae with appendages (e.g., Bartlett et al 2014, fig. 64E), wings much longer than the abdomen, usually pale in coloration with diagnostically patterned wings.…”

“…64E), wings much longer than the abdomen, usually pale in coloration with diagnostically patterned wings. The most similar genera are Apache Kirkaldy (Bartlett et al 2014, fig. 67E; red or rose in coloration, dorsum of head sinuate, the apex of wings inflected upward) and Shellenius Ball (Bartlett et al 2014, fig.…”

“…The most similar genera are Apache Kirkaldy (Bartlett et al 2014, fig. 67E; red or rose in coloration, dorsum of head sinuate, the apex of wings inflected upward) and Shellenius Ball (Bartlett et al 2014, fig. 67H; dorsum of the head straight to weakly sinuate, fastigium rounded in lateral view).…”

“…There have been no published reviews of Otiocerus species describing male terminalia (the usual basis for species diagnosis among planthoppers), and so the diagnostic value of coloration has not been independently verified. Also, O. stollii Kirby is sexually dimorphic in coloration, resulting in the synonymy of O. signoretii Fitch under that species (Bartlett et al 2014: 154), calling color variation into question as a diagnostic tool for this genus.…”