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]
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| Scaralina marmorata, North Carolina | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Infraorder: | Fulgoromorpha |
| Family: | Fulgoridae |
| Genus: | Scaralina |
| Species: | S. marmorata
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| Scaralina marmorata (Spinola, 1839)
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Taxonomy
editHistorically, 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
editScaralina 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
editScaralina 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
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
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