Family Delphacidae

Subfamily Delphacinae

Tribe Delphacini

Distribution: Holarctic (as currently defined).

Type species: Paraliburnia jacobseni Jensen-Haarup, 1917, a junior synonym of Delphax adela Flor, 1841.

Recognized species

There are 5 described species in this genus (sensu Hamilton 2002).

New World

Paraliburnia furcata Hamilton 2002 - Canada; British Columbia
Paraliburnia kilmani (Van Duzee, 1897) - USA: Michigan, Montana, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Washington; Canada: Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Newfoundland, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon

Paraliburnia lecartus Hamilton 2002 - Canada: British Columbia

Old World

Paraliburnia adela (Flor, 1861) - Widespread in Europe except far north ad Mediterranean region; also Siberia, Kazakhstan, China.
Paraliburnia clypealis (Sahlberg, 1871) - Northern Europe and lowlands of north central Europe.

Economic importance: Limited. 

Host plants:

Known hosts are grasses and sedges.

Paraliburnia adela - Phalaris arundinacea

Paraliburnia clypealis - Calamagrostis canescens, Molinia caerulea, Rhynchospora spp., Eriophorum spp.;Carex spp.

Recognition

Paraliburnia adela

Paraliburnia kilmani

Molecular resources:

At this time neither Genbank or BOLD provides molecular data for this genus.  Urban et al. (2010) extracted 18S rDNA, 28S rDNA, wingless, and cytochrome oxidase I from Paraliburnia kilmani and Paraliburnia adela for their analyses.

Selected References

Drake, C.M. 1990. Paraliburnia clypealis (Sahlberg) (Hem., Auchenorrhyncha, Delphacidae) in Somerset. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 126: 74.

Hamilton, K.G.A. 2002. Homoptera (Insecta) in Pacific Northwest grasslands. Part 1 - New and revised taxa of leafhoppers and planthoppers (Cicadellidae and Delphacidae). Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia 99: 3-31

Helden, A. J., Sheridan, H. 2006. An Irish population of the little-known planthopper Paraliburnia clypealis (Hom., Delphacidae) in a very unexpected habitat. Irish Naturalists Journal, 28: 232-239.

Jensen-Haarup A. C. 1917. Some new Delphacinae from Denmark. (Hem. Hom.). Entomologiske Meddelelser. Kjobenhavn 11: 1-5.