''Metadelphax'' is a genus of delphacid planthoppers in the family
Delphacidae
Delphacidae is a family of planthoppers containing about 2000 species, distributed worldwide. Delphacids are separated from other "hoppers" by the prominent spur on the tibia of the hindleg.
Diet and Pest species
All species are phytophagous, ...
. There are at least 5 described species in ''Metadelphax''.
[Bartlett C, Webb M (2014). "The planthopper genus Spartidelphax, a new segregate of Nearctic Delphacodes (Hemiptera, Delphacidae)". ''ZooKeys 453'': 19-36.]
Species
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Metadelphax argentinensis
''Metadelphax'' is a genus of delphacid planthoppers in the family Delphacidae
Delphacidae is a family of planthoppers containing about 2000 species, distributed worldwide. Delphacids are separated from other "hoppers" by the prominent spur on ...
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(Muir, 1929)
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Metadelphax dentata
''Metadelphax'' is a genus of delphacid planthoppers in the family Delphacidae. There are at least 5 described species in ''Metadelphax''.Bartlett C, Webb M (2014). "The planthopper genus Spartidelphax, a new segregate of Nearctic Delphacodes (He ...
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Gonzon and Bartlett, 2008
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Metadelphax pero
''Metadelphax'' is a genus of delphacid planthoppers in the family Delphacidae. There are at least 5 described species in ''Metadelphax''.Bartlett C, Webb M (2014). "The planthopper genus Spartidelphax, a new segregate of Nearctic Delphacodes (He ...
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(Fennah, 1971)
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Metadelphax propinqua
''Metadelphax propinqua'' is a species of delphacid planthoppers in the family Delphacidae
Delphacidae is a family of planthoppers containing about 2000 species, distributed worldwide. Delphacids are separated from other "hoppers" by the promin ...
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(Fieber, 1866)
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Metadelphax wetmorei
''Metadelphax wetmorei'' is a species of delphacid planthopper in the family Delphacidae
Delphacidae is a family of planthoppers containing about 2000 species, distributed worldwide. Delphacids are separated from other "hoppers" by the promine ...
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(Muir & Giffard, 1924)
References
* Ding, Jinhua (2006). "Homoptera Delphacidae". ''Fauna Sinica Insecta, vol. 45'', xx + 776.
* Gonzon, Anthony T., and Charles R. Bartlett (2007). "Systematics of Hadropygos n.g., ''Metadelphax'' Wagner and New World ''Toya'' Distant (Hemiptera: Delphacidae)". ''Transactions of the American Entomological Society, vol. 133, no. 3+4'', 205–277.
* Wagner, Wilhelm (1962). "Dynamische Taxionomie, angewandt auf die Delphaciden Mitteleuropas". ''Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut, vol. 60'', 111–180.
Further reading
* Arnett, Ross H. (2000). ''American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico''. CRC Press.
External links
NCBI Taxonomy Browser, ''Metadelphax''
Auchenorrhyncha genera
Delphacini
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