Family Delphacidae

Subfamily Delphacinae

Tribe Delphacini

Distribution: Brazil

Type species: Synpteron hrazilensis Muir, 1926

Recognized Species

This genus is recorded only from a single species.

Synpteron hrazilensis Muir, 1926 - Known from a single, parasitized, specimen (Rio de Janeiro, March 1924).  This species has not been reported since it was originally described.

Economic importance: Limited.

Recorded hosts: None

Recognition:

From Muir, 1926.

Molecular resources: None.

Selected references

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.