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Family Delphacidae Leach, 1815
Subfamily Delphacinae Leach, 1815
Tribe Delphacini Leach, 1815
Genus Ampliphax Bartlett and Kunz, 2015: 511.
Type species (in original combination): Ampliphax grandis Bartlett and Kunz, 2015
Distribution
Costa Rica, Panama, and the Dominican Republic, but has also been reported in Bolivia.
Recognized species
The genus is monotypic (at present).
Ampliphax grandis Bartlett and Kunz, 2015 – Costa Rica, Panama, Dominican Republic
I expect this one from Bolivia is undescribed
Plant associations
Unknown
Economic Importance
Limited.
Recognition
A large (5-6 mm with wings), orange-stramineous species with a projected head, keeled lateral carinae of the vertex and terete antennae. Calcar large, foliaceous, with greater than 25 small, black-tipped teeth on the trailing margin. Male genitalia with simple parameres, a simple decurved aedeagus, and very large curved pair of appendages on the genital diaphragm.
Ampliphax grandis from Bartlett & Kunz 2015
Ampliphax grandis from Costa Rica (Gernot Kunz)
Online resources
TaxonPages.
iNaturalist.
FLOW.
Molecular resources
Three barcodes are available on Barcode of Life (BOLD), including the holotype (process ids
ASIHE1470–12; 1471–12; 1471–12; BIN URI ABZ9263). At present, the taxon is not listed in BOLD or Genbank.
Barcode (holotype process id ASIHE1471–12, BIN URI ABZ9263): CTCACTTTACTTCATTTTAGGAATTTGATCAGGATTTATCGGAACAATAAGAAGAATCCTAATTCGATCTGAATT AACCCAACCAGGTTCTTTAATTAAAAATGATCAAATTTATAATGCTGTAATTACATCACATGCTTTTATTATAAT TTTCTTTATAGTTATACCAATTTTAATTGGAGGATTTGGAAATTGATTAGTACCATTAATAATTGGTGCTCCAGA CATAGCATTTCCACGAATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGACTACTACCCCCATCTTTAATTTTATTAATTTCAAGATC TATTACTGGATCAGGATCTGGAACAGGATGAACTGTTTACCCTCCATTATCAAGAATCAATTCACATTCAGGTCC ATCAGTTGATTTAACTATTTTTTCTCTTCATATTGCTGGTATAAGATCAATTATAGGGGCAATCAACTTTATTTC TACAATTATTAATATACGACCAAAAAATATAAATTTAGAATCACTACCACTTTTTTGTTGGTCAGTTTTAATTAC CGCAATTCTTCTTTTACTGTCCCTTCCAGTATTAGCAGGAGCAATCACCATATTATTAACCGACCGAAATTTCAA TACATCATTTTTTGACCCAACAGGGGGAGGAGATCCTATTTTATATCAACACTTATTT
Selected references
Bartlett, C.R. 2025. A new delphacid planthopper (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Delphacidae) from Costa Rica with an updated species list. Entomological News. 132(4): 598–607. https://doi.org/10.3157/021.132.0415
Bartlett, C.R. & G. Kunz. 2015. A new genus and species of delphacid planthopper (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Delphacidae) from Central America with a preliminary regional species list. Zootaxa 3946(4):510-518. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3946.4.2. [erratum subsequently published Zootaxa 3963(4): 598–600; http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3963.4.7]
Leach, W.E. 1815. Entomology. The Edinburg encyclopedia; conducted by David Brewster 9: 57-172. (family Delphacidae here)
