Review of the grass-feeding leafhopper genera Miradeltaphus Dash & Viraktamath and Yuanamia Zhang & Duan (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Deltocephalini)

Yani Duan; Christopher H Dietrich; Yalin Zhang

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4098.1.7

Review of the grass-feeding leafhopper genera Miradeltaphus Dash & Viraktamath and Yuanamia Zhang & Duan (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Deltocephalini)

Zootaxa. 2016 Apr 5;4098(1):158-66. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4098.1.7.

Authors

Yani Duan¹, Christopher H Dietrich², Yalin Zhang³

Affiliations

¹ School of Plant Protection, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, Anhui Province 230036, China; Email: unknown.
² Illinois Natural History Survey, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL 61820, USA; Email: unknown.
³ Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of the Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi Province 712100, China; Email: yalinzh@nwsuaf.edu.cn.

PMID: 27394579
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4098.1.7

Abstract

Miradeltaphus Dash & Viraktamath and Yuanamia Zhang & Duan are revised, one new species M. sanogae sp. n. is described and Parayuanamia Xing & Li is considered a junior synonym of Yuanamia Zhang & Duan syn. n. Both genera are newly recorded from Thailand. A revised key to the Palearctic and Oriental genera of Deltocephalini is provided.

MeSH terms

Animal Distribution
Animal Structures / anatomy & histology
Animal Structures / growth & development
Animals
Body Size
Feeding Behavior
Female
Hemiptera / anatomy & histology
Hemiptera / classification*
Hemiptera / growth & development
Male
Organ Size
Poaceae / parasitology
Thailand