Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Pissonotus substituus
Planthoppers
Humid forest zone; February.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hemiptera
Suborder
Auchenorrhyncha
Superfamily
Fulgoroidea
Family
Delphacidae
Genus
Pissonotus
Species
substituus
Taxon category: Accepted
Study of material by C. Bartlett (in litt. 12.VII.1996) shows that his species is not in the genus Pissonotus, but no other placement is suggested.
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Bartlett, C. R. Deitz, L. L. (2000) Revision of the new world delphacid planthopper genus Pissonotus (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea). Entomological Society of America. Lanham, Maryland.
- Linsley, E.G. (1977) Insects of the Galápagos (Supplement). Occassional Papers of the Califoria Academy of Sciences 125: 1-50.
- 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, Pissonotus substituus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=11039. Accessed 6 November 2026.