Family Delphacidae

Subfamily Delphacinae

Tribe Delphacini

Distribution: Arizona and Mexico

Type species: Akemetopon inornatum Weglarz and Bartlett, 2011

Recognized species

There are three species in the genus:

Akemetopon ainigma Weglarz and Bartlett, 2011 - USA: AZ

Akemetopon inornatum Weglarz and Bartlett, 2011 - USA: AZ

Akemetopon politum Weglarz and Bartlett, 2011 - Mexico (Durango, Zacatecas, Mexico).

Hosts: Grasses

Hosts from Weglarz and Bartlett, 2011; scientific and common names of plants from the USDA Plants database.

Akemetopon ainigma - Muhlenbergia sp. (muhly; Poaceae: Chloridoideae: Eragrostideae)

Akemetopon inornatum -Muhlenbergia rigens (Benth.) Hitchc. (deergrass).

Akemetopon politum - Muhlenbergia sp. Schreb (muhly), Muhlenbergia vaginata Swallen (muhly).

Economic Importance: Limited.

Recognition

Brown (dark chestnut to pale brown), usually with head pointed in lateral view and with whitish markings on apex of tegmina (macropters unknown).

Figures from Weglarz and Bartlett 2011.

Akemetopon ainigma

Akemetopon inornatum

Akemetopon politum

Molecular resources: None.

Selected references

Weglarz, K. M. and C. R. Bartlett. 2011. Akemetopon, a new genus containing three new species of planthoppers (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Delphacidae). Zootaxa 3007: 50-60.