Galapagos Species Database
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Sanctanus discalis
Leafhopper
From 0 to 400 m elevation; in littoral, arid, and transition zone habitats; by FIT, malaise and pan traps, sweeping and light traps; March-May.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hemiptera
Suborder
Auchenorrhyncha
Superfamily
Membracoidea
Family
Cicadellidae
Section
Deltocephalini
Genus
Sanctanus
Species
discalis
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Sanctatus discalis Van Duzee, 1933; Syn.: Scaphoideus discalis Van Duzee, 1933; Placed in Amplicephalus by Blocker et al. 1995, Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 88: 294.
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Fernandina, Floreana, Marchena, Pinta, Santiago
- Peck, S.B. Heraty, J., Landry, B. & Sinclair, B.J. (1998) Introduced insect fauna of an oceanic archipelago: The Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Am. Entomol. 44: 218-237.
- Peck, S.B. (2001) Smaller Orders of Insects of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador: Evolution, Ecology, and Diversity. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 278 pp.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Sanctanus discalis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=11001. Accessed 5 November 2026.