Family Delphacidae

Subfamily Delphacinae

Tribe Delphacini

Distribution: USA: Florida, Maryland (Probably coastal, Eastern USA)

Type species: Keyflana hasta Beamer, 1950

Only one species is in this genus - Keyflana hasta Beamer, 1950 - USA: Florida, Maryland.

Recorded Hosts: Blackrush (Juncus roemerianus).

Economic Importance: Limited.  This species is infrequently encountered, but this is probably a result of the difficulty in sampling blackrush.  A vacuum sampler may be the only effective method.

Recognition

Keyflana hasta (male)

Molecular Resources: None.

Selected References

Beamer, R.H. 1950. Five new genera of delphacine fulgorids (Homoptera - Fulgoridae - Delphacinae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 23(4): 128-133.

McCoy, E. D. and J. R. Rey. 1981. Patterns of abundance, distribution, and alary polymorphism among the salt marsh Delphacidae (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea) of northwest Florida. Ecological Entomology 6(3): 285-291.