Deltocephalus

Deltocephalus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Superfamily: Cicadoidea
Family: Cicadellidae
Subfamily: Deltocephalinae
Tribe: Deltocephalini
Genus: Deltocephalus
Burmeister, 1838
Species
  • Deltocephalus fuscinervosus
  • Deltocephalus grex
  • Deltocephalus nigripennis
  • Deltocephalus pulicaris
  • Deltocephalus simplex
  • Deltocephalus sonorus
  • Deltocephalus vulgaris

Deltocephalus is a leafhopper genus in the sub family Deltocephalinae.[1]

Deltocephalus vulgaris is a vector of the sugarcane grassy shoot disease.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Review of the Deltocephalus group of leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) in China. Zhang Y and Duan Y Zootaxa, 2011, 2870, pages 1–47 ( Preview)
  2. ↑ Nested PCR assay for detection of sugarcane grassy shoot phytoplasma in the leafhopper vector Deltocephalus vulgaris : a first report. Srivastava S, Singh V, Gupta PS, Sinha OK and Baitha A, Plant pathology, 2006, volume 55, number 1, pages 25-28 INIST:17570137

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Thursday, December 26, 2013. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.