Scaralina marmorata is a species of planthopper in the family Fulgoridae, found throughout the southeastern United States.[1] It is one of four species (the others being Scaralina aethrinsula, Scaralina cristata, and Scaralina metcalfi) that were, for several decades, erroneously grouped together under a single name, Alphina glauca; this name is now treated as a synonym of S. marmorata.[1]

Scaralina marmorata
Scaralina marmorata, North Carolina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder: Fulgoromorpha
Family: Fulgoridae
Genus: Scaralina
Species:
S. marmorata
Binomial name
Scaralina marmorata
(Spinola, 1839)
Synonyms
  • Calyptoproctus marmoratus Spinola, 1839
  • Crepusia glauca Metcalf, 1923
  • Alphina glauca (Metcalf, 1923)

Taxonomy

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Historically, this species has been incorrectly associated with three other genera; the genus Calyptoproctus (which molecular DNA evidence suggests is not in the tribe Poiocerini),[2] the genus Crepusia, a slightly more closely related genus from South America, and Alphina, a closely-related genus also from South America.

Biology

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Scaralina marmorata is associated with oaks (Quercus spp.).[1] It is the only species in the genus routinely found at elevations below 1000 meters.[1]

Distribution

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Scaralina marmorata is found from central Texas up to Oklahoma and across to Virginia, and all areas south and east of this, wherever oaks are found.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Yanega, D.; Goemans, G.; Van Dam, M.; Gómez-Marco, F.; Hoddle, M. (2024). "Description of a new genus of North and Central American planthoppers (Hemiptera: Fulgoridae) with fourteen new species". Zootaxa. 5443 (5443): 1–53. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5443.1.1.
  2. ^ Urban, J.M. & Cryan, J.R. (2009) Entomologically famous, evolutionarily unexplored: The first phylogeny of the lanternfly family Fulgoridae (Insecta: Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 50(3): 471–484.