Kelisia and Stenocranus species (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Delphacidae) : New host-plant associations and distributional records of eight sedge-feeding planthoppers
Bartlett CR and Wheeler AG. 2007. Kelisia and Stenocranus species (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Delphacidae) : New host-plant associations and distributional records of eight sedge-feeding planthoppers. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 109(2):400-415
Overview of planthoppers collected from Carex and Cyperus in the mountains of NW North and South Carolina and Piedmont of South Carolina. Host-plant associations are poorly known for North American planthoppers of the genera Kelisia and Stenocranus, whose respective subfamilies -Kelisiinae and Stenocraninae - are considered sister taxa. We report sedges (Cyperaceae) as hosts of the delphacids K. flava Beamer, K. parvicurvata Beamer, K. spinosa Beamer, K. torquata Beamer, K. vesiculata Beamer, S. brunneus Beamer, S. lautus Van Duzee, and S. unipunctatus Provancher. Collections from the southern Appalachians (North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee) and upper Piedmont (South Carolina) are the first southeastern U.S. records for all of the planthopper species except K. flava, K. parvicurvata, and S. lautus. Stenocranus lautus was collected from Cyperus spp., but the other seven delphacids were associated with diverse Carex spp. representing six sections of the genus. Hosts were generally common, widely distributed sedges. Stenocranus brunneus, however, was found on C. austrocaroliniana and C. radfordii, plant species of limited distribution and special concern. Taxonomic notes on the eight species are provided, as are morphological illustrations and notes on the habitats or communities in which they were found.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Bartlett, Charles; Wheeler, A
- Units
- BLRI
- Keywords
- Appalachians, Auchenorrhyncha, carex, Cyperaceae, Cyperus, Fulgoroidea, Homoptera, Insect, Piedmont , planthopper, Sedges
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Terrestrial Invertebrates