Scaralina is a genus of planthoppers in the family Fulgoridae occurring in North America and Central America, from Idaho to Panama.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: 1-53. DOI: 10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5443.1.1
Biology All but one of the known species of Scaralina occur at higher elevations, above 1000 meters, and appear to be associated with oaks (Quercus spp.). Adults are readily and commonly attracted to blacklights, and are especially abundant and diverse in the Madrean Sky Islands bioregion.
Species Scaralina aethrinsula Yanega & Van Dam, 2024 Scaralina chapina Goemans & Yanega, 2024 Scaralina cristata Yanega & Van Dam, 2024 Scaralina durango Yanega, 2024 Scaralina gigantea Yanega, 2024 Scaralina hawksi Yanega, 2024 Scaralina marmorata (Spinola, 1839) (= Alphina glauca (Metcalf, 1923)) Scaralina metcalfi Yanega & Van Dam, 2024 Scaralina monzoni Goemans & Yanega, 2024 Scaralina obfusca Yanega, 2024 Scaralina obrienae Yanega & Van Dam, 2024 Scaralina orientalis Yanega, 2024 Scaralina rileyi Yanega, 2024 Scaralina sullivani Yanega, 2024 Scaralina veracruzensis Yanega & Van Dam, 2024
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