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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 Dominican Republic
Recognized species
The genus is monotypic (at present).
Ampliphax grandis Bartlett and Kunz, 2015 – Costa Rica, Panama, Dominican Republic
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
The following images are copyright Gernot Kunz (2008); from Bartlett & Kunz (2015); see also:
http://gallery.kunzweb.net/main.php?g2_itemId=28291
Online resources
Ampliphax on …
[still to come; genus not on most of these sites]
Kunzweb Gallary.
Discover Life.
EOL
FLOW.
Bugguide (N/A)
3I Interactive Keys and Taxonomic Databases (Dmitry Dmitriev)
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.
Barcode (holotype process id ASIHE1471–12, BIN URI ABZ9263): CTCACTTTACTTCATTTTAGGAATTTGATCAGGATTTATCGGAACAATAAGAAGAATCCTAATTCGATCTGAATT AACCCAACCAGGTTCTTTAATTAAAAATGATCAAATTTATAATGCTGTAATTACATCACATGCTTTTATTATAAT TTTCTTTATAGTTATACCAATTTTAATTGGAGGATTTGGAAATTGATTAGTACCATTAATAATTGGTGCTCCAGA CATAGCATTTCCACGAATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGACTACTACCCCCATCTTTAATTTTATTAATTTCAAGATC TATTACTGGATCAGGATCTGGAACAGGATGAACTGTTTACCCTCCATTATCAAGAATCAATTCACATTCAGGTCC ATCAGTTGATTTAACTATTTTTTCTCTTCATATTGCTGGTATAAGATCAATTATAGGGGCAATCAACTTTATTTC TACAATTATTAATATACGACCAAAAAATATAAATTTAGAATCACTACCACTTTTTTGTTGGTCAGTTTTAATTAC CGCAATTCTTCTTTTACTGTCCCTTCCAGTATTAGCAGGAGCAATCACCATATTATTAACCGACCGAAATTTCAA TACATCATTTTTTGACCCAACAGGGGGAGGAGATCCTATTTTATATCAACACTTATTT
Selected references
Bartlett, C. R. and 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. 1815a. Entomology. The Edinburg encyclopedia; conducted by David Brewster 9: 57-172. (family Delphacidae here)
