Aplos

Aplos
Scientific classification
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)

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]

nymph with iridescent wax tail

Adult

References

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.

Further reading

• Bartlett, C.R. (2012). "Planthoppers of North America" . Retrieved 2018-04-11.
• Fennah, R.G. (1969). "Fulgoroidea (Homoptera) from New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands". Pacific Insects Monographs. 21 (3): 259–260. doi: 10.1093/besa/15.3.259b .
• Urban, Julie M.; Cryan, Jason R. (2007). "Evolution of the planthoppers (Insecta: Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 42 (2): 556–572. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2006.08.009. ISSN   1055-7903. PMID   17011797.