The planthopper genus Spartidelphax, a new segregate of Nearctic Delphacodes (Hemiptera, Delphacidae)

Autor: Charles Bartlett, Mick Webb
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: ZooKeys, Vol 453, Iss 0, Pp 19-36 (2014)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1313-2989
1313-2970
36848492
DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.453.8369
Popis: The new genus Spartidelphax is described to house three species removed from the polyphyletic genus Delphacodes. The members of Spartidelphax are coastal species native to eastern North America, and probably feed exclusively on cordgrass (Poaceae, Spartina Schreb.). The taxonomy and nomenclature of the included species (viz. S. detectus, S. luteivittus, and S. penedetectus) are reviewed. Spartidelphax luteivittus is a nomen dubium, whose type material is inadequate to provide diagnostic features contrasting with S. detectus and S. penedetectus. Diagnoses and a key are provided for the remaining Spartidelphax.
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