Oecleus Stål, 1862

Myrie, Wayne, Helmick, Ericka E., Bartlett, Charles R., Bertaccini, Assunta & Bahder, Brian W., 2019, A new species of planthopper belonging to the genus Oecleus Stål, 1862 (Hemiptera Fulgoroidea: Cixiidae) from coconut palm (Cocos nucifera L) in Jamaica, Zootaxa 4712 (1), pp. 127-137 : 129

Genus Oecleus Stål, 1862

Type species: Oecleus seminiger Stål, 1862: 306 ; by subsequent designation by Oshanin 1912: 117.

Modified diagnosis. Small to midsize (3.3–8.5 mm); large eyes and head narrower than pronotum in dorsal view. Vertex narrow, trough-like and parallel-sided, lateral and anterior margin carinate. Slightly raised; proximally narrowed and distally produced beyond eyes for a variable distance. In lateral view, apex of head acutely or obtusely angled, eyes emarginate, ocellus present under each eye and near midline above frontoclypeal suture. In frontal view, frons elongate and narrowing towards vertex, carina on midline of frons present (sometimes obsolete). Clypeus triangular to subtriangular. Antennae originating from a large socket, scape reduced to collar-like form, pedicel rounded with sensoria, flagellum beadlike basally and filamentous distally. Pronotum with irregular ridges, narrowest on midline, indented on posterior margin, carinate on posterior and lateral margins. Mesonotum longer at midline than vertex and pronotum combined, flattened with five longitudinal carinae. Carinae flanking midline sometimes reduced to pigmented lines. Hind tibiae lacking lateral spines. Forewings transparent, rarely with patterns, veins usually dotted with pustules, often bearing setae.