Family Delphacidae

Subfamily Plesiodelphacinae 

Tribe Plesiodelphacini

Distribution: Neotropical.

Type species (in original combination): Plesiodelphax guayanus Asche, 1985.

Recognized species

There are 2 species currently placed in this genus.

Plesiodelphax guayanus Asche, 1985 Brazil, French Guiana
Plesiodelphax longicaput (Muir, 1926)

Hosts: None reported.  Possibly on Heliconia as reported for Burnilia.

Economic Importance: Limited - all species poorly known. 

Recognition

This genus described and segregated from Burnilia by Asche (1985b).  A rare taxon, essentially unknown to me.

Molecular resources

There are no data on this genus in Genbank or BOLD. 

Selected references

Asche, M. 1985a. Zur Phylogenie der Delphacidae Leach, 1815 (Homoptera: Cicadina: Fulgoromorpha). Marburger Entomologische Publikationen 2(1):1-398 AND 2(2): 399-910.

Asche, M. 1985b. A new subfamily, genus and species of Delphacidae from South America: Plesiodelphacinae subfam. nov., Plesiodelphax guayanus gen. et spec. nov. (Homoptera Fulgoroidea). Marburger Entomologische Publikationen 1(10) : 219-240.

Asche, M. 1990. Vizcayinae, a new subfamily of Delphacidae with revision of Vizcaya Muir (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea) - a significant phylogenetic link. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 30: 154-187.

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.