Oliaridus

Oliaridus
Oliaridus aridus, Oklahoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder: Fulgoromorpha
Family: Cixiidae
Subfamily: Cixiinae
Tribe: Pentastirini
Genus: Oliaridus
Hendrix & Bartlett, 2025

Oliaridus is a genus of cixiid planthoppers in the family Cixiidae. There are about 11 described species in Oliaridus, found in North America.[1][2][3]

Species

These 11 species belong to the genus Oliaridus:

  • Oliaridus aridus (Ball, 1902)
  • Oliaridus caldwelli (Mead & Kramer, 1982)
  • Oliaridus californicus (Van Duzee, 1914)
  • Oliaridus hesperius (Van Duzee, 1917)
  • Oliaridus kieferi (Mead & Kramer, 1982)
  • Oliaridus knullorum (Mead & Kramer, 1982)
  • Oliaridus lobatus (Caldwell, 1938)
  • Oliaridus pima (Kirkaldy, 1907)
  • Oliaridus sementinus (Ball, 1902)
  • Oliaridus sonoitus (Ball, 1937)
  • Oliaridus truncatus (Van Duzee, 1929)

References

  1. ^ "BugGuide.net, Oliaridus genus Information". Retrieved 2025-10-21.
  2. ^ Dmitriev, D.A. (2025). "World Auchenorrhyncha Database". Retrieved 2024-08-20.
  3. ^ Hendrix, S.V.; Bartlett, C.R. (2025). "Reclassification of the Planthopper Genus Melanoliarus Fennah, 1945 (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae), primarily North of Mexico, with Notes on American Pentastirini". Zootaxa. 5619. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5619.1.1. Retrieved 2025-03-02.
  • Citizen science observations for Oliaridus at iNaturalist
  • Media related to Oliaridus at Wikimedia Commons