Acanalonia Explained

Acanalonia is a genus of planthopper and contains the majority of the species within the family Acanaloniidae.^[1] Species have been recorded from southern Europe and the Americas.^[1]

Description

They are generally about 10mm or less in length and are mostly green in colour, though some species have pink or tan forms. Like the rest of the Acanaloniidae family, the nymphs and adults feed mostly on the above-ground portions of woody and semi-woody plants and species have one generation per year.^[2]

Species include:

The following species were moved in 2012 to the new genus Bulldolonia Gnezdilov, 2012:^[3]

• Acanalonia brevifrons Muir, 1924:^[4] Synonym of Bulldolonia brevifrons (Muir, 1924)
• Acanalonia depressa Melichar, 1901: Synonym of Bulldolonia depressa (Melichar, 1901)
• Acanalonia impressa Metcalf & Bruner, 1930: Synonym of Bulldolonia impressa (Metcalf & Bruner, 1930)

External links

• Genus Acanalonia Spinola, 1839 Planthoppers of North America University of Delaware – College of Agriculture & Natural Resources

Notes and References

1. Web site: Planthoppers: FLOW Website . 2024-02-13 . flow.hemiptera-databases.org.
2. Bartlett . Charles . O'Brien . Lois . Wilson . Stephen . 15 June 2014 . A REVIEW OF THE PLANTHOPPERS (HEMIPTERA: FULGOROIDEA) OF THE UNITED STATES . Memoirs of the American Entomological Society . 50 . 9.
3. V.M.. Gnezdilov. 2012. A new genus of the family Acanaloniidae (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea) from the Caribbean Basin. Zoosystematica Rossica. 21. 2. 302–305. 10.31610/zsr/2012.21.2.302.
4. Muir F. A. G. 1924 New and little-know Fulgorids from the West Indies (Homoptera) Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society. Honolulu, 5: 461-472.