Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Philatis vicinus Van Duzee, 1933

Planthoppers

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Hemiptera

Suborder
Auchenorrhyncha

Superfamily
Fulgoroidea

Family
Acanaloniidae

Genus
Philatis

Species
vicinus

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Philates vicinus Van Duzee, 1933 fide Roskov et al. (2013). Holotype: California Academy of Sciences (CAS).

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Rabida

References

  • 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 vicinus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=13486. Accessed 31 October 2026.