Dictyopharid Planthoppers (Dictyopharidae) - 78 Species, Identification & Facts

Nersia florida

per Lois O'Brien, the only member of this genus in the US; all the US records of N. florens refer to N. florida

Orgamara acuta

Identification: Cephalic process long and slender, nearly twice as long as the eye; the anterior tablet of the vertex longer than wide; O. reducta has shorter cephalic process

Orgamara reducta

Identification: Cephalic process broader and shorter, extending beyond the eye, but little more than its length; anterior tablet of vertex rectangular.

Black Leaf-Leg

Phylloscelis atra

Identification: species comes in several very different color patterns (Andy Hamilton, 2.i.2013) a red/orange-striped variety 'albovenosa' is a mimic of a number of similarly colored distasteful beetles in the genus Cryptocephalus ; this color variet

Phylloscelis pallescens

Identification: Body brown with numerous cream colored spots; carina of frons distinct and entire

Rhabdocephala brunnea

Rhabdocephala is one of the insects that forms a link between the traditional Fulgoridae (large insects with reticulate hind wings) and "Dictyopharidae". The nymph is obviously similar to those of Dictyopharinae such as Rhynchomitra and Scolops, but

Rhynchomitra recurva

Identification: Head broader, less tapered than in R. microrhina

Scolops abnormis

Identification: curiously angled and swollen head process is characteristic (Dr Hamilton, 3.vii.2007)

Scolops angustatus

Identification: wing margin is pale, and the venation is simpler than in most other northern species (comment by Dr. Hamilton)

Scolops pallidus

Identification: one of the few species in CA with foliaceous front legs; S. californicus is similar, but probably just another variety of this variable species. (K.G.A. Hamilton's comments here & here )

The Partridge Bug

Scolops sulcipes

Identification: The dense meshwork of veins in the wing tips is distinctive. --Andy Hamilton

Acinaca lurida

Aridia compressa

Aridia erecta

Deserta bipunctata

Deserta fuscata

Deserta obesa

Deserta obscura

Deserta pinturensis

Deserta raptoria

Mitrops dioxys

Orgamara argentia

Orgerius bilobatus

Orgerius bucculentus

Orgerius concordus

Orgerius disgregus

Orgerius glaucus

Orgerius junceus

Orgerius pajaronius

Orgerius proprius

Orgerius rhyparus

Orgerius spicatus

Orgerius triquetrus

Ostopicus bicornis

Ostopicus foliatus

Ostopicus minor

Ostopicus ventosus

Phylloscelis pennata

Phylloscelis rubra

Rhynchomitra lingula

Rhynchomitra microrhina

Scolops austrinus

Scolops californicus

Scolops cockerelli

Scolops excultus

Scolops flavidus

Scolops fumidus

Scolops graphicus

Scolops grossus

Scolops hesperius

Scolops immanis

Scolops luridus

Scolops maculosus

Scolops neomexicanus

Scolops nicholi

Scolops osborni

Scolops perdix

Scolops pruinosus

Scolops pungens

Scolops robustus

Scolops snowi

Scolops socorroensis

Scolops stonei

Scolops tanneri

Scolops texanus

Scolops uhleri

Scolops vanduzei

Scolops virescens

Scolops viridis

Ticida cingulata

Ticida miracula

Ticida rakitovi

Ticida subapplanta

Ticida transversa

Ticrania chamberlini

Yucanda albida

Yucanda miniata

Yucanda ornata