Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Galapagoliarus hernandezi
Cavernicolous planthopper
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hemiptera
Suborder
Auchenorrhyncha
Superfamily
Fulgoroidea
Family
Cixiidae
Section
Pentastirini
Genus
Galapagoliarus
Species
hernandezi
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Oliarus hernandesi Hoch & Izquierdo, 1996; Holotype: Museo de Ciencias Naturales, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands. Spain.
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Floreana
- Hendrix, S. V. Bartlett, C. R. (2025) Reclassification of the Planthopper Genus Melanoliarus Fennah, 1945 (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae), primarily North of Mexico, with Notes on American Pentastirini. Zootaxa 5619 (1): 001–087
- Hoch, H. Izquierdo, I. (1996) A cavernicolous planthopper in the Galápagos Islands (Homoptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cixiidae). Journal of Natural History 30: 1495-1502.
- 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, Galapagoliarus hernandezi", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=25618. Accessed 6 November 2026.