Agallia
Appearance
Agallia | |
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Agallia consobrina | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
Family: | Cicadellidae |
Tribe: | Agalliini |
Genus: | Agallia Curtis, 1833 |
Agallia is a genus of leafhoppers in the subfamily Megophthalminae erected by John Curtis in 1833.[1] Species are mostly found in the western Palaearctic realm and the Americas.[2]
There are about eight species in North America.[3][4][5] During courtship displays and mating, both males and females of the species A. constricta alternate in making ticking sounds.[6]


Species
[edit]The Global Biodiversity Information Facility[2] lists
- Agallia abnormis Oman, 1938
- Agallia abstructa Scudder, 1890
- Agallia adunca Nielson & Godoy, 1995
- Agallia albidula Uhler, 1895
- Agallia albovenosa Fieber, 1868
- Agallia aliena Fieber, 1868
- Agallia alvarengai Dutra, 1971
- Agallia assimilis (Stål, 1862)
- Agallia atra Oman, 1934
- Agallia atromaculata Oman, 1938
- Agallia barretti Ball, 1900
- Agallia basalis Oman, 1938
- Agallia basifusca Oman, 1938
- Agallia bicolor Oman, 1933
- Agallia bicornis Linnavuori & Heller, 1961
- Agallia bidactylata Oman, 1933
- Agallia bifurcata Oman, 1938
- Agallia blanda Oman, 1938
- Agallia brachyptera (Boheman, 1847)
- Agallia brasiliana Dutra, 1966
- Agallia brevicauda Oman, 1938
- Agallia carioca Dutra, 1966
- Agallia catiae Gonçalves, Mejdalani & Nova Coelho, 2007
- Agallia caudata Oman, 1938
- Agallia cetra Kramer, 1964
- Agallia cezia Dutra, 1967
- Agallia clara Oman, 1938
- Agallia cobera Kramer, 1964
- Agallia complexa Nielson & Godoy, 1995
- Agallia configurata Oman, 1933
- Agallia consobrina Curtis, 1833 - type species
- Agallia constricta Van Duzee, 1894
- Agallia copiosa Dutra & Nova Coelho, 1990
- Agallia cordata Dlabola, 1981
- Agallia corneola Nielson & Godoy, 1995
- Agallia cornuta Cwikla & DeLong, 1985
- Agallia corumba Oman, 1938
- Agallia costaricensis Dmitriev, 2020
- Agallia cubana Oman, 1933
- Agallia cucata Kramer, 1964
- Agallia cuneata Cogan, 1916
- Agallia deleta Van Duzee, 1909
- Agallia depleta Oman, 1938
- Agallia dissimilis Dutra, 1976
- Agallia distincta Viraktamath, 1980
- Agallia dorsalis Lethierry, 1876
- Agallia dorsata Oman, 1938
- Agallia estebana Linnavuori & DeLong, 1979
- Agallia evansi Viraktamath, 1980
- Agallia excavata Oman, 1933
- Agallia extensa Oman, 1938
- Agallia fascigera Uhler, 1895
- Agallia firdausica Dlabola, 1981
- Agallia flaccida Scudder, 1890
- Agallia fluminensis Nova Coelho & Dutra, 1992
- Agallia freytagi Linnavuori & DeLong, 1979
- Agallia fumida Oman, 1938
- Agallia furcostyli Viraktamath, 1980
- Agallia hansoni Nielson & Godoy, 1995
- Agallia harpis Cwikla & DeLong, 1985
- Agallia hispanica Horvath, 1900
- Agallia hottentotta Linnavuori, 1961
- Agallia hyalina Oman, 1938
- Agallia incerta Oman, 1938
- Agallia incisa Oman, 1938
- Agallia incongrua Oman, 1938
- Agallia inexpectata Linnavuori, 1956
- Agallia ingens Oman, 1933
- Agallia inornata Oman, 1938
- Agallia instabilis Scudder, 1890
- Agallia insularis Berg, 1884
- Agallia intermedia Lethierry, 1874
- Agallia interrogationis Osborn, 1923
- Agallia kosmetron Kramer, 1976
- Agallia lauta (Stål, 1862)
- Agallia leda Linnavuori, 1971
- Agallia lewisii Scudder, 1890
- Agallia lindbergi Metcalf, 1955
- Agallia lineata Osborn, 1923
- Agallia lingula Van Duzee, 1907
- Agallia lingulata Olsen, 1922
- Agallia linnavuorii Quartau, 1971
- Agallia liturata Van Duzee, 1908
- Agallia longicauda Linnavuori & DeLong, 1979
- Agallia manaosa Oman, 1938
- Agallia manauara Nova Coelho & Dutra, 1992
- Agallia mauritanica Villiers, 1956
- Agallia minuenda Oman, 1938
- Agallia minuta Melichar, 1896
- Agallia modesta Osborn & Ball, 1897
- Agallia modestoides Linnavuori, 1956
- Agallia munda Oman, 1933
- Agallia mutilata Breddin, 1897
- Agallia neoalbidula Oman, 1938
- Agallia nielsoni Freytag, 2003
- Agallia nigerrima Oman, 1938
- Agallia obesa Oman, 1933
- Agallia obscuripennis (Blanchard, 1852)
- Agallia obsoleta Fieber, 1868
- Agallia oceanides Linnavuori, 1960
- Agallia panamensis Linnavuori & DeLong, 1979
- Agallia paraguayensis Linnavuori, 1956
- Agallia parvicauda Linnavuori, 1961
- Agallia paulistana Dutra, 1972
- Agallia pecki Freytag, 2003
- Agallia peneconstricta Oman, 1933
- Agallia peregrinans (Stål, 1859)
- Agallia phalerata (Stål, 1859)
- Agallia pina Cwikla & DeLong, 1985
- Agallia plana (Butler, 1877)
- Agallia producta Osborn & Ball, 1898
- Agallia pulchra DeLong & Wolcott, 1923
- Agallia pumila Oman, 1971
- Agallia pyreneica Dlabola, 1984
- Agallia quadrata Oman, 1938
- Agallia repleta Van Duzee, 1907
- Agallia rotunda Freytag, 2003
- Agallia rubicundula Berg, 1884
- Agallia sabulicola Lindberg, 1948
- Agallia sagittifer Linnavuori, 1968
- Agallia santarema Linnavuori & DeLong, 1979
- Agallia sara Baker, 1923
- Agallia saxicola Logvinenko, 1983
- Agallia serrana Dutra, 1969
- Agallia silvai Nova Coelho & Dutra, 1992
- Agallia simplex Nielson & Godoy, 1995
- Agallia sinchona Linnavuori & DeLong, 1979
- Agallia sinica Jacobi, 1944
- Agallia soosi Linnavuori, 1956
- Agallia stenagalloides Viraktamath, 1980
- Agallia striolaris (Butler, 1877)
- Agallia subflava Dutra & Nova Coelho, 1992
- Agallia teapae Oman, 1934
- Agallia thomasiana Linnavuori, 1956
- Agallia una Dutra, 1974
- Agallia varzeana Dutra, 1970
- Agallia viraktamathi Dlabola, 1972
- Agallia xavieri Lindberg, 1960
References
[edit]- ^ Curtis J (1833) Characters of some undescribed genera and species, indicated in the "Guide to an Arrangement of British Insects". The Entomological Magazine, 1, 186–199.
- ^ a b Global Biodiversity Information Facility: Agallia Curtis, 1833 (retrieved 7 April 2025)
- ^ "Agallia Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
- ^ "Agallia Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
- ^ "Agallia Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
- ^ Shaw, Kenneth (1976). "Sounds and Associated Behavior of Agallia constricta and Agalliopsis novella (Homoptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae)". Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 49 (1): 1–17. Retrieved 2021-06-05.
Further reading
[edit]- Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
- Dmitriev D (2009). "Nymphs of some Nearctic leafhoppers (Homoptera, Cicadellidae) with description of a new tribe". ZooKeys (29): 13–33. doi:10.3897/zookeys.29.223.
External links
[edit]Media related to Agallia at Wikimedia Commons