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Genera Laccocera to Metadelphax


Overview - Laccocera to Metadelphax

Family Delphacidae

Subfamily Delphacinae

Tribe Delphacini

New World species list, genera Laccocera to Metadelphax

Synonymy list was originally intended to include critical synonymies since the Metcalf Catalog (Metcalf, 1943), but I have begun appending original and subsequently published combinations. I have also begun to add pagination for new combinations and synonymies, but that is incomplete.

The range information is intended to be a full compilation of published range information, although I may have missed some entries. US State abbreviations follow the US Postal Service. Canadian Province abbreviations follow Maw et al. (2000).

Laccocera Van Duzee, 1897

 

  bicornata Crawford, 1914

USA: CO

  canadensis Beirne, 1950

CAN: AB, SK

  flava Crawford, 1914

USA: CO, NV, OR, UT, WA; CAN: AB, SK

  lineata Scudder, 1963

CAN: AB, BC, SK

  minuta Penner, 1945

USA: AZ

  obesa Van Duzee, 1897

USA: AZ, CA, CO, IA, KS, MT, NB, NM, NV, SD, TX, UT, WY; CAN: AB, SK

  oregonensis Penner, 1945

USA: MT, OR, WA; CAN: BC

  vanduzeei Penner, 1945

USA: AZ, CA, CO; CAN: BC

  vittipennis Van Duzee, 1897

USA: CA, CO, ID, MI, MN, MT, ND, NE, NH, NY, OR, SD, UT, WA, WY; CAN: AB, BC, MB, ON, QC, SK

  zonata (Van Duzee, 1897)

USA: CO, NV, MT

Liburnia Stål, 1866

 

  breviceps (Dozier, 1922)

= Stenocranus breviceps Dozier, 1922: 76

= Sogata breviceps (Dozier, 1922); New comb. By by Muir and Giffard, 1924: 12.

= Liburnia breviceps (Dozier, 1922); New comb. By Metcalf, 1943: 353.

USA: MS

  mexicana (Crawford, 1914)

= Megamelus puellis mexicanus Crawford, 1914.

= Sogata mexicana (Crawford, 1914); new comb by Muir and Giffard, 1924: 15

= Liburnia mexicana (Crawford, 1914); comb. by Metcalf, 1943: 365.

Mexico

  paludata Fowler, 1905

= Sogata paludata Fowler; new comb by. Muir and Giffard, 1924.

= Liburnia paludata Fowler, 1905; comb. restored by Metcalf, 1943: 366.

Guatemala, Mexico

  pseudoseminigra (Muir and Giffard, 1924)

 = Sogata pseudoseminigra Muir and Giffard, 1924: 15.

 = Liburnia pseudoseminigra (Muir and Giffard, 1924); New comb. By Metcalf 1943: 367-368.

USA: FL

williamsi (Muir, 1926)

= Sogata williamsi Muir, 1926.

= Liburnia williamsi (Muir, 1926); New comb by. Metcalf, 1943: 371.

Ecuador

Liburniella Crawford, 1914

 

  ornata (Stål, 1862)

= Delphax ornata Stål, 1862.

= Liburnia ornata (Stål, 1862); New comb. by Osborn, 1892: 127.

= Liburniella ornata (Stål, 1862); New comb. by Crawford, 1914: 586, 601.

US: AL, CA, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, ME, MO, MS, NB, NC, NJ, NY, OH, PA, SC, TN, VA; CAN: BC, ON; Bermuda [Ecuador error]

Macrotomella Van Duzee, 1907

 

  carinata Van Duzee, 1907

USA: FL, IL, TX; Bahamas (Great Inagua), Belize, Cuba, Jamaica, Mexico,

Matutinus Distant, 1917

 

  cubensis Rodriguez-Leon et al., 1998

Cuba

  fuscipennis (Muir, 1919)

= Chloriona fuscipennis Muir, 1919.

= Matutinus fuscipennis (Muir, 1919); New comb. by Fennah, 1963: 48.

Brazil

MegadelphaxWagner, 1963

 

  bidentatus (Anufriev, 1970); reported as Ribautodelphax bidentata by Maw et al. 2000: 86.

Ribautodelphax bidentatus Anufriev, 1970; New comb. by Vilbaste, 1980.

= Ribautodelphax binotatus (Anufriev); lapsus by Bartlett & Bowman, 2004: 252.

CAN: LB, NF, ON, QC

MegamelanusBall, 1902

 

  bicolor Ball, 1902

USA: AZ, CA, CO, ID, KS, NM, NV, UT;

  rufivittatus Ball, 1905

 

Megamelus Fieber, 1866

 

  aestus Metcalf, 1923

USA: NC, NH; CAN: ON, QC

  bellicus Remes Lenicov & Sosa, 2007

Argentina, Brazil, Peru

  bifidus Beamer, 1955

USA: KS, NY; CAN: ON

  bifurcatus Crawford, 1914

Brazil

  cornus Beamer, 1955

USA: TX

  davisi Van Duzee, 1897

= Megamelus angulatus Osborn, 1905; Syn. by Beamer, 1955: 29 [listed as Megamelus angulatus Osborn, 1903]

USA: DC, DE, FL, HI, IL, KS, MI, MO, NC, NJ, NY, OH, PA, TN

  distinctus Metcalf, 1923

USA: CT, KS, IL, MI, MO, NY; CAN: ON, SK

  electrae Muir, 1926

Brazil, Dominican republic, Puerto Rico

  falcatus Beamer, 1955

USA: CT, NH, NY

  flavus Crawford, 1914

= Megamelus notulus flavus Crawford, 1914: 609.

= Megamelus flavus Crawford, 1914; Stat. nov. by Beamer, 1955: 31.

= Megamelus anticostus Metcalf, 1923; Syn. by Beamer, 1955: 31.

= Megamelus uncus Metcalf, 1923; Syn. by Beamer, 1955: 31.

USA: AK, CO, WY; CAN: AB, BC, MB, NT, QC, SK, YK; Mongolia

  gracilis Beamer, 1955

USA: FL

  hamatus Beamer, 1955

USA: MD, VA

  inflatus Metcalf, 1923

USA: NY

  iphigeniae Muir, 1926

Brazil, Panama (Canal Zone)

  lobatus Beamer, 1955

USA: CT, FL, GA, LA, MD, MS, NH, NJ, TX

  longicornis (Dozier, 1922)

USA: LA, MS, TX

  lunatus Beamer, 1955

USA: IL, KS, NY; CAN: BC, ON, QC

  metzaria Crawford, 1914

USA: IL, KS, MI, MO, NH, NY, WY; CAN: BC, ON, QC

  palaetus (Van Duzee, 1897)

USA: FL, IL, LA, MS, NY, TX

  recurvatus Beamer, 1955

CAN: MB, ON

  scutellaris Berg, 1883

Argentina

  timehri Muir, 1919

Guiana

  toddi Beamer, 1955

USA: LA

  trifidus Beamer, 1955

USA: FL

  ungulatus Beamer, 1955

USA: CT, NC

Metadelphax Wagner, 1963

= Metadelphax Wagner, 1963. Syn. with Toya by Fennah 1964: 142 (by implication; type species moved to Toya); Nast 1972:65, Linnavuori 1973: 107 (generic synonymy listed). Name restored by Ding 2006: 511; see also Gonzon & Bartlett 2008.

= Meadelphax Wagner, 1963: Missp. by Kuoh et al. 1983: 155.

 

  argentinensis (Muir, 1929)

 = Delphacodes variabilis De Remes, Lenikov & Teson, 1978; syn. by Teson & Remes Lenicov 1983: 322.

= Delphacodes argentinensis Muir, 1929

= Syndelphax argentinensis (Muir, 1929); comb. by Fennah, 1971: 323.

= Toya argentinensis (Muir, 1929); New comb. by Teson & Remes Lenicov 1989: 101-102

= Metadelphax argentinensis (Muir, 1929); New comb. by Gonzon & Bartlett 2008: 234-237.

Argentina, Bolivia, Columbia, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela

  dentata Gonzon and Bartlett, 2008

Canal Zone, Ecuador

  pero (Fennah, 1971)

= Syndelphax pero Fennah, 1971; New comb. by Gonzon and Bartlett, 2008.

Cayman Is., (Grand Cayman); Cuba

  propinqua (Fieber, 1866)

= Delphax propinqua Fieber, 1866: 525.

= Delphax hamulata Kirschbaum, 1868: 38: synonymy by Fieber, 1872: 5.

= Liburnia propinqua (Fieber): new combination by Fieber, 1872: 5.

= Liburnia marshalli Scott, 1873: 104: synonymy by Webb and Wilson, 1986: 286.

= Liburnia terminalis Van Duzee, 1907: 49: synonymy by Muir and Giffard, 1924: 31.

= Delphax cataniae Matsumura, 1910: 35: synonymy by Nast, 1975: 4.

= Delphax graminicola Matsamura, 1910: 17: synonymy by Yang, 1989: 4.

= Liburnia tuckeri Van Duzee, 1912: 506: synonymy by Muir and Giffard, 1924: 31.

= Delphacodes propinqua (Fieber): new combination by Muir, 1917: 335.

= Delphacodes neopropinqua Muir, 1917: 335: synonymy by Muir and Giffard, 1924: 31.

= Delphacodes subfusca Muir, 1919: 38: synonymy by Muir and Giffard, 1924: 31.

= Liburnia albicollis Haupt, 1935 [nec. Motschulsky 1863]: 144; synonymy by Metcalf, 1943: 498; see also Wagner 1954: 217-8 (synonomy with Liburnia albicollis Motschulsky 1863, e.g., Lindberg, 1936: 18; China 1938: 54, Linnavouri 1952: 191, is in error).

= Delphacodes shirozui Ishihara, 1949: 53-54: synonymy by Fennah, 1956: 122.

= Calligypona propinqua (Fieber): new combination by Dlabola, 1954: 14, 64 (combination by implication in China 1954: 165).

= Toya propinqua (Fieber): new combination by Fennah, 1964: 142 (from Delphacodes propinqua); see also Fennah 1965b: 56.

= Metadelphax propinqua (Fieber): new combination by Wagner 1963: 170; synonymy by implication Fennah 1964: 142 (as Toya propinqua); restored combination by Ding 2006: 511, 513-514; Gonzon and .Bartlett, 2008: 242-246.

= Calligypona (Metadelphax) propinqua (Fieber): new combination by Linnavuori, 1964: 341-342.

= M[etadelphax] propingua (Fieber): misspelling by Mitjaev, 1971: 66.

= Toya (Calligypona) propinqua (Fieber): new combination by Linnavouri, 1973: 107.

= Toya propinqua neopropinqua (Muir): new status by Kuoh et al 1983: 155.

= Toya porpinqua (Fieber): misspelling by Yang, 1989: 219.

= Toya propincua (Fieber): misspelling by Rodriguez-León et al. 1994a: 19.

Widely distributed in Tropical and warm temperate regions.

 

NEW WORLD: USA AZ, AR, CA, DE, FL, GA, IL, KS, KY, LA, MD, MO, MS, NC, OH, SC, TN, TX, UT, WA; Antigua, Argentina, Bahamas (Berry, New Providence, Grand Bahamas), Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil, CANADA: British Columbia; Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Granada, Guatemala, Guyana, Hispaniola, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Puerto Rico (inc. Vieques Is., Caja de Muertos Is.), Peru, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Suriname, Tortola, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela; Virgin Islands (St. Croix, St. Thomas, St. Vincent).

 

OLD WORLD: Australia, Cyprus, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Israel, Ivory Coast, Japan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Libya, Madagascar, Morocco, Niger, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Rhodesia, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Zambia, Zimbabwe.  Widespread in Palearctic (e.g. Nast 1972, 1987; Holzinger et al. 2003); Afrotropics (e.g. Fennah 1969a, Asche 1988), Australia (Fennah 1965b), and Indomalayan (e.g., Ishihara 1949, Lee 1979, Yang 1989, Ding 2006) regions.

  wetmorei (Muir & Giffard, 1924)

= Megamelus terminalis Crawford, 1914: 623 [nec. Van Duzee 1907] [Unavailable, preoccupied].

= Delphacodes wetmorei Muir and Giffard, 1924: 30, fig. 33, 104 (Replacement name for unavailable Megamelus terminalis Crawford, 1914).

= Metadelphax wetmorei (Muir & Giffard, 1924); New comb. by Gonzon and Bartlett, 2008: 246-248.

USA: FL, GA, LA, NC: ?Mexico (Nicaragua reported in error, see Gonzon and Bartlett 2008: 248)