Revised generic placement of Bruchomorpha rugosa Metcalf (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Caliscelidae) with an assessment of Fitchiella Van Duzee, a genus of conservation interest Author Hendrix, Solomon V. 0000-0002-9564-1198 University of Delaware, Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology, 250 Townsend Hall, 531 S College Ave, Newark, DE 19716 - 2160 solvhent@udel.edu Author Bartlett, Charles R. 0000-0001-9428-7337 University of Delaware, Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology, 250 Townsend Hall, 531 S College Ave, Newark, DE 19716 - 2160 bartlett@udel.edu Author De Freitas, Abner S. Laboratório de Entomologia, Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil text Zootaxa 2025 2025-04-01 5618 1 79 96 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5618.1.5 journal article 309387 10.11646/zootaxa.5618.1.5 6b2ac567-4b04-4692-b943-1be61b127464 1175-5326 15217426 51F53238-81C4-4C53-8B1F-CA266C56EC82
TABLE 1. Composition and distribution of Fitchiella. Distribution data compiled from Lawson 1933, Doering 1941, Bartlett et al. 2014, and Freitas et al. 2020.
Species groupSpeciesDistribution
melichari -groupFitchiella albifrons Lawson, 1933USA (western: AZ, central & eastern: TX)
Fitchiella grandis Lawson, 1933USA (western: AZ)
Fitchiella mediana Lawson, 1933USA (western: AZ, CA)
Fitchiella melichari (Ball, 1910)USA (western: AZ)
Fitchiella minor Lawson, 1933USA (western: AZ)
Fitchiella rufipes Lawson, 1933Mexico (Nearctic: Chihuahua), USA (western: AZ, CA, NM, NV, UT, central & eastern: TX)
robertsonii -groupFitchiella brachyrhina Freitas, Dietrich & Takiya, 2020Mexico (Nearctic /transition: Zacatecas)
Fitchiella fitchii (Melichar, 1906)USA (western: CO; central & eastern: KS)
Fitchiella robertsonii (Fitch, 1856)Canada (ON), USA (central & eastern: AR, FL, IL, IN, KS, MD, MO, MS, NE, NY, OH, OK, PA, TX)
Fitchiella rugosa (Metcalf, 1923) comb. nov.USA (western: AZ; central & eastern: TX)
Fitchiella zahniseri Freitas, Dietrich & Takiya, 2020Panama