Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Philatis breviceps
Planthoppers
Arid zone; April.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hemiptera
Suborder
Auchenorrhyncha
Superfamily
Fulgoroidea
Family
Acanaloniidae
Genus
Philatis
Species
breviceps
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Philates breviceps Van Duzee, 1933, fide Roskov et al. (2013)
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Floreana
- Fennah, R.G. (1967) Fulgoroidea from the Galápagos Archipelago. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sceinces Fourth Series 35(4): 53-102.
- Linsley, E.G. (1977) Insects of the Galápagos (Supplement). Occassional Papers of the Califoria Academy of Sciences 125: 1-50.
- Linsley, E.G. Usinger, R.L. (1966) Insects of the Galápagos Islands. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences Fourth Series 33(7): 113-196.
- 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.
- Roskov Y. Kunze T., Paglinawan L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Culham A., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Hernandez F., De Wever A., (eds.) (2013) Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2013 Annual Checklist Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2013/. Species 2000: Reading, UK
- Van Duzee, E.P. (1933) The Templeton Crocker Expedition of the California Academy of Sciences, 1932 No. 4 Characters of Twenty-four new species of Hemiptera from the Galapagos Islands and the coast and Islands of Central America and Mexico. Proceedings of the Califonia Academy of Sciences Fourth Series 21(4): 25-40.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Philatis breviceps", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=11014. Accessed 31 October 2026.