Prokelisia Explained

Prokelisia is a genus of delphacid planthoppers in the family Delphacidae. There are about five described species in Prokelisia.

Species

These five species belong to the genus Prokelisia:

• Prokelisia carolae Wilson, 1982
• Prokelisia crocea (Van Duzee, 1897)
• Prokelisia dolus Wilson, 1982
• Prokelisia marginata (Van Duzee, 1897)
• Prokelisia salina (Ball, 1902)

Further reading

• Descriptions of New North American Fulgoridae. 1905. Osborn . H.. Ohio Naturalist. 5. 373–376.
• Practical diagnosis and natural history of two sibling salt marsh-inhabiting planthoppers in the genus Prokelisia (Homoptera: Delphacidae). 1987. Denno . R. F.. Schauff . M. E.. Wilson . S. W.. Olmstead . K. L.. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 89. 4. 687–700. 0013-8797.
• The planthopper genus Prokelisia (Homoptera: Delphacidae): morphology of female genitalia and copulatory behaviour. 1990. Heady . S. E. .. Wilson . S. W.. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 63. 2. 267–278. 25085176.
• A new genus and two new species of Delphacine Fulgorids. 1951. Beamer . R. H.. Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 44. 2. 198–200. 10.1093/aesa/44.2.198.
• Book: Homoptera Delphacidae. 2006. Ding . Jinhua. Science Press. Fauna Sinica Insecta. 45. 978-7-03-016876-4.
• An annotated checklist of the delphacid planthoppers (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) of Florida with the description of three new species and the new genus, Meristopsis. 2012. Kennedy . Ashley C.. Bartlett . Charles R.. Wilson . Stephen W.. The Florida Entomologist. 95. 2. 395–421. 10.1653/024.095.0223. 23268562. free.