Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Nymphocixia unipunctata galapagensis
Planthoppers
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hemiptera
Suborder
Auchenorrhyncha
Superfamily
Fulgoroidea
Family
Cixiidae
Genus
Nymphocixia
Species
unipunctata
Subspecies
galapagensis
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Nymphocixia vanduzeei galapagensis (Fennah, 1967), original combination. Holotype: California Academy of Sciences (CAS)
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Fernandina, Isabela, Santa Cruz
- Barrantes, E. A. B. Echavarria, M. A. Z., Bartlett, C. R., Helmick, E. E., & Bahder, B. W. (2022) A new species of Oecleus (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Fulgoroidea: Cixiidae) from the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica and a reassessment of the generic status of Nymphomyndus. Zootaxa 5133 (4): 509–526
- Fennah, R.G. (1967) Fulgoroidea from the Galápagos Archipelago. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sceinces Fourth Series 35(4): 53-102.
- 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, Nymphocixia unipunctata galapagensis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=25613. Accessed 6 November 2026.