Issidae

True Käferzikade ( Issus coleoptratus )

The beetles cicadas ( Issidae ) are a tropical and subtropical particularly in the arid regions of species-rich family of planthoppers ( Fulgoromorpha ). From Europe, about 100 species in 20 to 25 genera are known. For most species, a beetle -like shape is characteristic. A revision of the classification of tribes and genera in Issidae is in preparation.

2013 was detected in the jump apparatus of Issus Nymph is an unprecedented event for the Biology of a mechanical gear train.

Central European species

Currently, 13 species in Central Europe proved:

  • True Käferzikade Issus coleoptratus (Fabricius, 1781)
  • Issus lauri Ahrens, 1814
  • Fly Käferzikade Issus muscaeformis (cabinet, 1781)
  • Issus truncatus fever, 1876
  • Latissus dilatatus ( Fourcroy, 1785 )
  • Mycterodus confusus Stål, 1861
  • Mycterodus cuniceps Melichar, 1906
  • Mycterodus immaculatus (Fabricius, 1794)
  • Mediterranean Käferzikade Agalmatium bilobum (fever, 1877)
  • Agalmatium flavescens ( Olivier, 1791)
  • Falcidius apterus (Fabricius, 1794)
  • Hysteropterum reticulatum Herrich -Schäffer, 1835
  • Kervillea conspurcata ( Spinola, 1839)
Desert climate Nymph (biology)
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