Aplos is a genus of issid planthopper with only one species, Aplos simplex.[1][2][3][4] It can be found in most of the Eastern United States and is now found as an invasive species in Northern Italy and Austria.[5] Aplos simplex was formerly listed under the genus Thionia.[6]

Aplos
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder: Fulgoromorpha
Family: Issidae
Subfamily: Thioniinae
Tribe: Thioniini
Subtribe: Thioniina
Genus: Aplos
Gnezdilov, 2018
Species:
A. simplex
Binomial name
Aplos simplex
(Germar, 1830)
Synonyms

Thionia simplex (Germar, 1830)

nymph with iridescent wax tail
Adult

References edit

  1. ^ "Aplos simplex (Germar, 1830) | COL". www.catalogueoflife.org. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
  2. ^ "Aplos simplex (Germar, 1830)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
  3. ^ "Species Aplos simplex". bugguide.net. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
  4. ^ "Aplos simplex (Germar 1830) - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
  5. ^ Holzinger, Werner; Huber, Elisabeth; Schlosser, Lydia; Kunz, Gernot (12 October 2020). "Acanalonia conica (Say, 1830) and three other true hopper species new for Austria (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha)". ResearchGate. p. 12. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  6. ^ Gnezdilov, Vladimir M. (2018-06-14). "To the revision of the genus Thionia Stål (Hemiptera, Fulgoroidea, Issidae), with description of new genera and new subtribe". Zootaxa. 4434 (1): 158–170. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4434.1.10. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 30313206.

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