Jan 23, 2020 in most of the homoptera, a portion of the digestive system is modified into a filter chamber. Homoptera one of the two prime divisions of hemipterous insects founded by latreille in 1817. All of the homoptera are plant feeders, with mouthparts adapted for sucking plant sap from a wide assortment of trees and wild and cultivated plants. Homoptera the homoptera includes a large number of different forms ranging in size from the usually microscopic coccidae to the large tropical lantern bugs fulgoridae and the cicadas, which may attain 5 cm. The larvae of these hemimetabolous insects with incomplete metamorphosis resemble the adults. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. They can produce several apterous, or wingless, generations, followed by winged generations which play a role in the species dispersal.
They suck sap from plants through a beak, apparently very similar in structure to that already described for the hemiptera, but it is attached not to the front but to the hinder part of the under surface of the head which is very closely joined to the prothorax so. A number of species, such as aphids, have asexual generations and reproduce parthogenetically. This structure allows the insects to ingest and process large volumes of plant sap. Homoptera definition of homoptera by the free dictionary.
The range of size and shape of homopterans is great. Identification key to the principal families of florida. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle. Common true bugs and related insects orders hemiptera and homoptera in the wichita mountains and surrounding areas angel chiri entomologist introduction a word about common names the scientific name of an organism, whether plant or animal, consists of the genus and species, written in italics. Por su parte, apocrita esta subdividido en dos series informales. Homoptera definition, etymology and usage, examples and. Infraorder pentatomomorpha, superfamilies pyrrhocoroidea and coreoidea chapter pdf available in biologia 592. Ent 425 general entomology resource library compendium. Excess water, sugars, and certain amino acids bypass most of the midgut and are shunted directly into the hindgut for excretion as honeydew. Among the most familiar are the aphids, cicadas, leafhoppers, and scale insects. Catonia arbutina ball 1933 catonia catonia bicinctura van duzee 1915 catonia catonia carolina metcalf 1923 catonia catonia cinctifrons fitch 1856 cixius. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Homoptera, order of plantfeeding insects with membranous wings and piercing, sucking mouthparts.
Many people refer to anything small that crawls on the ground as a bug, and indeed many insects have the word bugin their name, such as ladybug and lightningbug both are actually beetles. The latter 2 were formally placed in the order homoptera. They suck sap from plants through a beak, apparently very similar in structure to that already described for the hemiptera, but it is attached not to the front but to the hinder part of the under surface of the head which is very closely joined to the prothorax so that. Homoptera cigarra, chicharrita, moscas blancas, pulgones y cochinillas. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Homoptera is a suborder of order hemiptera that is considered by some taxonomists to be paraphyletic, and therefore deprecated obsolete. Examples of beneficial species occur in almost every insect order, and considerable information on morphology and habits has been assembled.
Homoptera synonyms, homoptera pronunciation, homoptera translation, english dictionary definition of homoptera. The former approach was common in north american entomology. Generally, homoptera can be found in grasslands, forests, crop fields, and even on ornamental plants. Homopteran, order homoptera, any of more than 32,000 species of sucking insects, the members of which exhibit considerable diversity in body size. A systematic catalogue of the mealybugs of the world insecta, homoptera, coccoidea, pseudococcidae and putoidae. Homoptera subclass pterygota, order hemiptera suborder of bugs, in which the head capsule is not continuous ventrally behind the mouthparts. Hemipteroides con cabeza vertical o dirigida hacia atras.
Therefore, the principal groups of insect parasitoids and predators provide details that refer to the entire class insecta. Most of the common sampling techniques searching, beating, sweeping and many forms of trapping have been used to sample homoptera. In uniform host plant scenarios, sweeping and beating are the simplest sampling methods. Common true bugs and related insects orders hemiptera and. They are treated in another handout and are not included here. Identification key to the principal families of florida hemiptera, s. Homoptera article about homoptera by the free dictionary. Suborden auchenorrhyncha superfamilia cicadoidea 1. It contains a very large number of bugs of the greatest diversity in form, normally with large wings, and hemielytra of like texture throughout whence the name, which are usually folded in a slanting direction. Linnavuori raisio, finland introduction since i published the cicadellidae part in insects of micronesia 65. Paraphyly of homoptera there was a longstanding tradition to treat the homoptera and heteroptera as separate groups usually having each the rank of order or as suborders within hemiptera e. Homoptera the homoptera is a large group containing insects of many forms, often showing little resemblance to one another.