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Issue: Vol. 2837 No. 1: 29 Apr. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-04-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2837.1.2
Page range: 48–66
Abstract views: 69
PDF downloaded: 13

Aethodelphax prairianus gen. et sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) and seven congeneric species from North American Delphacodes

Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology, 250 Townsend Hall, University of Delaware, 531 South College Avenue, Newark, DE 19716-2160, USA
Research Branch, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, K.W. Neatby Building, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0C6
Hemiptera Delphacidae Fulgoroidea Delphacodes new genus new species

Abstract

The new genus Aethodelphax gen. nov. is described to include one new species, Aethodelphax prairianus sp. nov. and 7 species transferred from Delphacodes: Aethodelphax aetocephalus (Beamer, 1948), comb. nov., A. alatus (Beamer, 1948), comb. nov., A. caninus (Beamer, 1947), comb. nov., A. concavus (Beamer, 1948), comb. nov., A. megadontus (Beamer, 1951), comb. nov., A. paraparvulus (Beamer, 1948), comb. nov., and A. sagittatus (Beamer, 1947), comb. nov. A diagnosis for all species, illustrations and an identification key is provided. All species are found in the midwestern and southeastern states of the U.S., except A. caninus which is recorded from Arizona and New Mexico, and are all associated with native grasslands.

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