Prokelisia marginata (Van Duzee, 1897)
(Cord-grass Planthopper)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesProkelisia marginata (Cord-grass Planthopper)
FamilyDELPHACIDAE (a family of planthoppers)
SuperfamilyFULGOROMORPHA (a superfamily of planthoppers)
SuborderAUCHENORRHYNCHA (a suborder of bugs)
OrderHEMIPTERA (bugs)
Division Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Badmin, J. & Witts, T. 2009 Cord-grass Planthopper Prokelisia marginata (Hemiptera:Delphaciae) sweeps into Kent Br. J. Ent. Nat. Hist. Vol 22: 213-215.

Prokelisia marginata (Cord-grass Planthopper) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Prokelisia marginata (Cord-grass Planthopper)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Prokelisia marginata (Cord-grass Planthopper)
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