Cuban Fulgorina. 1. The Families Tropiduchidae and Acanaloniidae

A new early Miocene fossil genus from Dominican amber extends the Eastern Asia distribution of Paricanini (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Tropiduchidae) to the Neotropics

“…Nine tropiduchid genera from three different tribes in Tropiduchinae have been reported from Hispaniola, from which the new fossil is described: four Cyphoceratopini (Cyphoceratops Uhler, 1901, Parahydriena Muir, 1924, Tangiopsis Uhler, 1901and Tangyria Uhler, 1901, three Remosini (Monopsis Spinola, 1839, Neurometa Guérin-Méneville, 1865, Remosa Distant, 1906 and one in each Tangiini subtribe: Neotangiina Fennah, 1982(Pelitropis Van Duzee, 1908 and Tangiina Meli-char, 1914 (Tangella Metcalf andBruner, 1930). Together with the Amazonian Alcestini Melichar, 1914, those three Caribbean tribes form a welldefined group of taxa characterized by gonostyli less than 2.7 times as long as wide in lateral view (a probable plesiomorphy) and the second antennal segment with plate organs only present in the apical half of the pedicel (a possible synapomorphy).…”

<i>Tangenarchopsis</i>, a New Replacement Name for the Preoccupied <i>Tangiopsis</i> (Trematoda: Digenea: Hemiuroidea: Derogenidae)

“…Tangiopsis Guschanskaja, 1955: 711-712 [non Tangiopsis Uhler, 1901 (Insecta: Hemiptera), nec Tangiopsis Melichar, 1915 (Insecta: Hemiptera) already replaced with Tangella Metcalf and Bruner, 1930]; Yamaguti 1958: 288;Skrjabin and Guschanskaja 1960: 407;Skrjabin and Guschanskaja 1964: 98;Yamaguti 1971: 301;Yamaguti 1975: 76;Tang 1981: 257;Wang 1995: 14, 17;Qiu et al 1999: 391;Gibson 2002: 365. Type species. Genarchopsis chinensis Tang, 1951; fixed by original designation for Tangiopsis Skrjabin and Guschanskaja.…”

“…However, this generic name is preoccupied by the tropiduchid Tangiopsis Uhler, 1901 (Insecta: Hemiptera), which was erected along with its monotypic type species T. tetrastichus Uhler, 1901(Uhler 1901. Although the other homonymous Tangiopsis Melichar, 1915 was established for the tropiduchid Tangia kraatzi Stål, 1859 (type species fixed by original designation) and Tangia schaumi Stål, 1859 (Melichar 1915), the Melichar's Tangiopsis was already replaced with Tangella Metcalf andBruner, 1930 (Metcalf andBruner 1930). Accordingly, a new replacement name for the digenean Tangiopsis Skrjabin and Guschanskaja is proposed herein.…”

The Planthopper Genus Acanalonia in Florida with Notes on a Recently Introduced Species, A. excavata (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Acanaloniidae)

“…However, it is doubtful that Fennah was able to examine the type of A. servillei because it was housed in Spinola's castle of Tassarolo until 1979 when it was moved to the Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali in Turin, Italy (Casale 1981). Doering (1932) and Metcalf & Bruner (1930) used a specimen from Cuba as the basis for their concept of A. servillei (Fennah 1971). Fennah believed that this specimen was too large (13-15 mm) to be what Spinola described as A. servillei , which was 8.5 mm long.…”

“…Fennah believed that this specimen was too large (13-15 mm) to be what Spinola described as A. servillei , which was 8.5 mm long. According to Fennah's (1971) description and key, the A. servillei of Metcalf & Bruner (1930) and Doering (1932) probably was A. ingens (Fennah). Ball (1933) also synonymized A. servillei and A. latifrons stating "[there] is certainly but a single large blunt-headed species of this genus occurring in the United States."…”