Galapagos Species Database

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

Peregrinus maidis (Ashmead, 1890)

Humid forest zone; January-February.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Hemiptera

Suborder
Auchenorrhyncha

Superfamily
Fulgoroidea

Family
Delphacidae

Genus
Peregrinus

Species
maidis

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Introduced - established

Introduction

Year of first record: 1964

Mode of introduction: Accidental

Introduction Pathway: Contaminant

Subpathway: Contaminant on plants (inc. seeds and plant associated material)

Introduced status: Naturalized

Invasive status: No data

Distribution

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

Distribution: Santa Cruz

References

  • 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.
  • Peck, S.B. Heraty, J., Landry, B. & Sinclair, B.J. (1998) Introduced insect fauna of an oceanic archipelago: The Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Am. Entomol. 44: 218-237.
  • 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.
  • Peck, S.B. (1996) Origin and development of an insect fauna on a remote archipelago: The Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. In: Keast A., Miller S.E. (eds.): The origin and evolution of Pacific Island biotas, New Guinea to eastern Polynesia: patterns and processes. SPB Academic Publishing, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, p. 91-122.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Peregrinus maidis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=6775. Accessed 26 April 2025.