Metadelphax Explained

Metadelphax is a genus of delphacid planthoppers in the family Delphacidae. There are at least five described species in Metadelphax.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Species

• Metadelphax argentinensis (Muir, 1929)
• Metadelphax dentata (Gonzon and Bartlett, 2008)
• Metadelphax pero (Fennah, 1971)
• Metadelphax propinqua (Fieber, 1866)
• Metadelphax wetmorei (Muir & Giffard, 1924)

References

• Ding, Jinhua (2006). "Homoptera Delphacidae". Fauna Sinica Insecta, vol. 45, xx + 776.
• Gonzon, Anthony T., and Charles R. Bartlett (2007). "Systematics of Hadropygos n.g., Metadelphax Wagner and New World Toya Distant (Hemiptera: Delphacidae)". Transactions of the American Entomological Society, vol. 133, no. 3+4, 205–277.
• Wagner, Wilhelm (1962). "Dynamische Taxionomie, angewandt auf die Delphaciden Mitteleuropas". Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut, vol. 60, 111–180.

Further reading

• Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.

External links

• NCBI Taxonomy Browser, Metadelphax

Notes and References

1. Web site: Metadelphax Genus Information. BugGuide.net. 2018-01-27.
2. Web site: Metadelphax Report. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 2018-01-27.
3. Bartlett C, Webb M (2014). "The planthopper genus Spartidelphax, a new segregate of Nearctic Delphacodes (Hemiptera, Delphacidae)". ZooKeys 453: 19-36.