Nogodinidae Explained

Nogodinidae is a family of planthoppers. They have membranous wings with delicate venation and can be confused with members of other Fulgoroid families such as the Issidae and Tropiduchidae. Some authors treat it as a subfamily of the Issidae.

Description

Some of their key features are a frons ("face") that is longer than wide and a reticulate wing venation. They are less than 2 cm long. The antenna arises well below the eye, has the base clubbed and flagellum unsegmented. The lateral ocelli (simple eyes) are outside the margins of the face. The face has carinae (or keels) on the edge. On the hind leg, the second tarsal segment has an apical spine arising from it. The tibia of the hind leg also has spines towards the tip. An important family character is found in the shape of the male genital structure, a style that is longer than broad. Most members of this family are forest species.^{[1] [2]}

Taxonomy

Four subfamilies are included in BioLib.cz:^[3]

subfamily Bladininae Kirkaldy, 1907

1. Bladina Stål, 1859 - central and South America

subfamily Gastriniinae Fennah, 1987

1. Gastrinia Stål, 1859 - Brasil

Colpopterinae

Auth.: Gnezdilov, 2003^[4] - central America, southern Africa

1. Bumerangum Gnezdilov, 2012
2. Caudibeccus Gnezdilov & O'Brien, 2008
3. Colpoptera Burmeister, 1835
4. Dozierana Gnezdilov, 2018
5. Jamaha Gnezdilov & O'Brien, 2008
6. Neocolpoptera Dozier, 1931
7. Ugoa Fennah, 1945

Nogodininae

Auth.: Melichar, 1898; tribes and representative genera:

Bilbiliini Gnezdilov, 2017 (monotypic)

• Bilbilis Stål, 1861

Epacriini Gerstaecker, 1895

• Epacria Gerstaecker, 1895

Lipocalliini Fennah, 1984

• Lipocallia Kirkaldy, 1906

Mithymnini Fennah, 1967

• Mithymna Stål, 1861

Nogodinini Melichar, 1898

• Nogodina
• †Tainosia

Pisachini Fennah, 1978

• Pisacha Distant, 1906

Tongini Kirkaldy, 1907^[5]

• Tonga Kirkaldy, 1900

Varciini Fennah, 1978

• Varcia Stål, 1870
• Convarcia
• Detya
• Miriza
• Paravarcia
• Probletomus
• Varciella

Extant genera incertae sedis

1. Hadjia Dlabola, 1981
2. Iranissus Dlabola, 1980
3. Issarius Metcalf, 1950
4. Issidius Puton, 1898

Fossil taxa

• subfamily †Ambitaktoinae Szwedo, 2019
• Approximately 10 genera incertae sedis

Several fossil species have been described from mid-Cretaceous Myanmar,^[6] Eocene Baltic,^[7] Miocene Chiapas,^[8] and Miocene Dominican amber.^[9] Additionally, a tribe, Celinapterixini, has been erected on the basis of an Argentinian fossil that could not be placed in any of the tribes of extant Nogodinid hoppers.^[10]

External links

• FLOW database

Notes and References

1. Rawda M. Badawy . Hayam El Hamouly . Rabab F. Sawaby . amp . 2011. A new species of genus Philbyella China, 1938 (Nogodinidae, Fulgoromorpha, Hemiptera) from Gabal Elba, Egypt. Journal of American Science . 7. 10. 499–502.
2. Fennah, R. G. . 1978. The higher classification of the Nogodinidae (Homoptera, Fulgoroidea) with the description of a new genus and species. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine . 113. 113–119.
3. https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id1226180/ BioLib.cz: subfamily Nogodininae Melichar, 1898
4. https://www.hemiptera-databases.org/flow/?page=explorer&db=flow&lang=en&card=taxon&rank=subfamily&loading=1&id=19152 Fulgoromorpha Lists On the Web (FLOW): Colpopterinae Gnezdilov, 2003 (retrieved 21 July 2020)
5. Revisionary notes on some tropical Issidae and Nogodinidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea). Gnezdilov, Vladimir M. . Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae . 2009 . 49. 1. 75–92.
6. Luo . Cihang . Gnezdilov . Vladimir M. . Zhuo . De . Song . Zhishun . May 2023 . First mid-Cretaceous nogodinid planthopper (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoroidea) from Kachin amber with an extant relative from the Neotropics . Cretaceous Research . en . 105591 . 10.1016/j.cretres.2023.105591.
7. Szwedo J. . Stroinski A. . Redescription of Tritophania patruelis Jacobi, 1938 from Eocene Baltic amber (Hemiptera: Nogodinidae). Annales Zoologici. 1999. 49. 3. 203–207.
8. A new Planthopper (Insecta: Hemiptera: Nogodinidae) from Chiapas amber, middle Miocene of Mexico. Geobios. 40. 6. 827–832. Kraemer, Mónica M. Solórzano . Julián F. Petrulevičius . 10.1016/j.geobios.2007.02.005. 2007.
9. Yobuenahuaboshka gen. nov. of Colpopterini (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Nogodinidae) from the Lower Miocene Dominican Amber. Annales Zoologici. 2022. 72. 4. 991-1004. Szwedo, Jacek. Bonino, Enrico. Tettamanzi, Lorenzo. Stroinski, Adam . 10.3161/00034541ANZ2022.72.4.014.
10. A plant hopper (Nogodindae) from the Upper Palaeocene of Argentina: Systematics and Taphonomy. Petrulevicius, JF.