Family Delphacidae

Subfamily Delphacinae

Tribe Delphacini

Distribution: Argentina, Brazil

Type species (in original combination): Dicranotropis brunnea Muir, 1926

Recognized species

This genus is represented by two species

Nicetor brunnea (Muir, 1926) - Argentina

Nicetor pallidinervis (Muir, 1926) - Brazil

Economic importance: Limited, this genus is evidently seldom encountered.

Host plants: Collected from the bamboo Chusquea sp.

Recognition

Nicetor nr pallidinervis

Nicetor pallidinervis (Muir, 1926) (Images from Muir, 1926).

Molecular resources: None.

Selected References

Fennah, R. G. 1963. New Delphacidae (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea) from South America and West Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 13(5):689-700.

Muir, F.A.G. 1926b. Contributions to our knowledge of South American Fulgoroidea (Homoptera). Part I. The Family Delphacidae. Experiment Station of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters’ Association, Entomological Series, Bulletin 18:1-51, plates 1-5.