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Family Delphacidae Leach, 1815
Subfamily Delphacinae Leach, 1815
Tribe Delphacini Leach, 1815
Genus Meristopsis Kennedy et al. 2012
Type species (in original combination): Meristopsis rhamphis Kennedy et al. 2012
Distribution
Two nominative species are found in the United States (Florida) and Central America.
Distribution of Meristopsis from FLOW (as of 3 March 2020).
Recognized species
Meristopsis rhamphis Kennedy et al. 2012 – USA: Florida
Meristopsis melanosteptos Kennedy et al. 2012 – USA: Florida; Belize, Guatemala
Plant associations
None reported.
Economic Importance
Limited.
Recognition
Uniform brown, often glossy; frons often darkened at fastiguim. Both species with unusual genitalia, especially the hook-tipped aedagus of M. rhamphis and the pronounced dorsal spine of M. melanosteptos. Genus similar in overall appearance to Nilaparvata, Euides, Pareuidella; but differing from all these by the simple parameres.
Meristopsis rhamphis
Meristopsis rhamphis
Meristopsis melanosteptos
Collecting
Most specimens were collected at lights.
Molecular resources
None!
References
Bartlett, C. R., L. B. O’Brien and S. W. Wilson. 2014. A review of the planthoppers (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea) of the United States. Memoirs of the American Entomological Society 50: 1-287.
Kennedy, A. C., C. R. Bartlett and S. W. Wilson. 2012. An annotated checklist of the delphacid planthoppers (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) of Florida with the description of three new species and the new genus, Meristopsis. Florida Entomologist 95(2): 395-421.
Leach, W. E. 1815a. Entomology. The Edinburg encyclopedia; conducted by David Brewster 9: 57-172. (family Delphacidae here).
