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Family Delphacidae Leach, 1815
Subfamily Delphacinae Leach, 1815
Tribe Delphacini Leach, 1815
Genus Prokelisia Osborn, 1902: 373.
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Distribution: Primarily on the east and west coasts of North America and the Caribbean (but found wherever Spartina occurs; Prokelisia salina is western in non-coastal situations); probably in Mexico; introduced into Europe (England, France, Belgium, Spain, Slovenia, Portugal, Netherlands).
Type species (in original combination): Prokelisia setigera Osborn, 1905, Junior synonym of Megamelus marginatus Van Duzee, 1897.
Generic synonym: Prokelisoidea McDermott, 1952: 57 (type species Kelisia salina Ball, 1902; synonym by Wilson, 1982: 533).
Recognized species
Five valid species as follows:
Prokelisia carolae Wilson, 1982 – USA: California; Canada: British Columbia
Prokelisia crocea (Van Duzee, 1897) – Widespread in eastern North America from Gulf coast states to southern Canada (USA: AR, CO, CT, DE, FL, IA, IL, IN, KS, LA, MA, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, SD, VA, WI; CAN: MB, NB, ON, PE, QC, SK )
= Kelisia crocea Van Duzee, 1897: 233.
= Stenocranus crocea (Van Duzee, 1897); comb. by Osborn & Ball 1897: 233.
= Liburnia crocea (Van Duzee, 1897); comb. by Beamer 1945a: 100.
= Prokelisia crocea (Van Duzee, 1897); comb. by Oman 1947: 220.
Prokelisia dolus Wilson, 1982 – USA: Widespread in eastern North America from Gulf coast states to southern Canada; also California (USA: AL, CA, CT, DE, FL, GA, LA, MA, MD, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, SC, TX, VA; CAN: NB, NS, ON, QC; Mexico)
Prokelisia marginata (Van Duzee, 1897) – Widespread in eastern North America from Gulf coast states to southern Canada (USA: CA, CT, DE, FL, GA, LA, MA, MD, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, SC, VA, WA; CAN: SK; reported in error: USA: IL); Also adventive to England, France, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands.
= Megamelus marginatus Van Duzee, 1897: 234.
= Prokelsia setigera Osborn, 1905: 373; syn. by Wilson 1982a: 537-539.
= Megamelus setigerus (Osborn, 1905); comb. by Crawford 1914: 631.
= Prokelisia marginatus (Van Duzee, 1897); comb. by Van Duzee 1916a; 83.
= Megamelus marginata (Van Duzee, 1897); comb. by Van Duzee 1917b: 765.
Prokelisia salina (Ball, 1902) – Widespread in Central and Western North America, especially southwest but north to Nunavut (USA: AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, ID, IL, KS, MI, NE, NM, NV, OR, SD, TX, UT, WA, WY; CAN: BC, MB, ON, SK); also Bahamas (Abaco Cays, Andros, Exuma Cays, Eleuthera, New Providence); Mexico (San Luis Potosí, Zacatecas).
= Kelisia salina Ball, 1902b: 264.
= Megamelus salina (Ball, 1902b); comb. by Crawford 1914: 631.
= Megamelanus frontalis Crawford, 1914: 593.
= Megamelus constrictus Crawford, 1914: 610.
= Liburnia constricta (Crawford, 1914); comb. by Metcalf 1923: 148.
= Prokelisia constricta (Crawford, 1914); ); comb. by Muir & Giffard 1924: 10.
= Megamelanus salina (Ball, 1902b); comb. by Beamer 1945a: 100.
= Prokelisoidea frontalis (Crawford, 1914); syn. by McDermott 1952: 58-59.
= Prokelisoidea salina (Ball, 1902b); comb. by McDermott 1952: 57.
= Megamelanus frontalis Crawford, 1914: 593; syn. by Wilson 1982a: 540-542.
= Megamelus constrictus Crawford, 1914: 610; syn. by Wilson 1982a: 540-542.
= Megamelus constrictus minutus Crawford, 1914: 610; syn. by Wilson 1982a: 540-542.
Plant Associations:
Prokelisia are primarily Spartina (cordgrass) specialists, with a few other grasses reported.
Prokelisia crocea – Andropogon gerardi Vitman, Andropogon scoparius Michx., Spartina pectinata Link, Stipa spartea Trin. (Poales, Poaceae)
Prokelisia dolus – Spartina alterniflora Loisel. (smooth cordgrass), Spartina foliosa Trin.
Prokelisia marginata – Spartina alterniflora Loisel.; also Spartina anglica C.E. Hubb. (in Britain), and Spartina × townsendii H. Groves & J. Groves., Spartina foliosa Trin., Spartina maritima (Curtis) Fernald, Spartina patens (Aiton) Muhl.
Prokelisia salina – Calamovilfa longifolia (Hook.) Scribn. (prairie sandreed); Distichlis spicata (L.) Greene (as Distichlis stricta) (saltgrass); Cleome serrulata Pursh (Brassicales, Capparaceae), Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees (Poales, Poaceae), Pluchea sericea (Nutt.) Coville (Asterales, Asteraceae), Salsola kali L. (Caryophyllales, Chenopodiaceae)
Plant associations are from Hendrickson (1930), Wilson (1982), Denno et al. (1987), Wilson (2012: 167), Seljak (2004), Badmin & Witts (2009: 213), Wilson and Wheeler (2010), Ouvrard & Soulier-Perkins (2012: 441).
Economic Importance:
Potentially useful as a biocontrol agent (viz. Prokelisia marginata) of Spartina anglica (English cordgrass), in Washington where this grass has been introduced (Wu et al. 1999) (see Daehler and Strong 1996).
Prokelisia marginata has been inadvertently introduced to England and has become adventive in several countries in Europe.
Used extensively as a ecological model over nearly 30 years by Denno and colleagues (see Eubanks et al. 2011), particularly as a model for tritrophic ecological interactions and regarding between habitat and life history parameters.
See also Jim Cronin’s research.
Parasite/predators
Anagrus columbi Perkins (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) (e.g., Cronin 2003b, 2004)
Pardosa modica (Blackwall, 1846) (Aranae: Lycosidae) – Cronin et al. 2004
Pardosa littoralis Banks, 1896 (Aranae, Lycosidae) (Finke and Denno 2004)
Hogna frondicola (Emerton, 1885) as Lycosa modesta Banks, 1894c (Aranae, Lycosidae) (Finke and Denno 2004)
Grammonota trivittata Banks, 1895 (Araneae Linyphiidae ) (Finke and Denno 2004)
Tytthus vagus (Knight, 1923) (Mirridae, egg predator) (Finke and Denno 2004)
Recognition
Wilson (1982) most recently revised the genus and Heady and Wilson (1990) provide features of female gentaila. See also Denno et al. (1987).
Prokelisia is frequently abundant where in the vicinity of its host plant, although individuals can be collected at lights some distance from their expected habitat.
Except for Prokelisia crocea, members of this genus are very slightly dorsoventrally flattened, pale colored, with dark infuscations along the carinae of the frons.
Prokelisia crocea is distinctive in being larger than most members of the genus and having orangish markings on the face and thorax. Prokelisia salina tends to be western and is more likely than some of the other species to be found inland; it can be separated from its congeners be the parallel-sided frons and diverging parameres. Prokelisia carolae is a local species that is infrequently encountered. Prokelisia marginata and P. dolus are quite similar and are found in broadly sympatric ranges. Prokelisia dolus tends to have a much broader frons near the frontoclypeal suture than does P. marginata, but this difference is not always satisfactory. More definitive is to view the male pygofer from lateral view (see figs. 7 and 10 in Wilson 1982), in Prokelisia dolus the parameres are inflected caudally near the apex, whereas in P. marginata the apices are dorsally directed.
Key to the Species of Prokelisia (lightly edited from Wilson 1992).
1. Lateral margins of frons markedly convex and widest at or below basally, with brown longitudinal markings (Figs. 2, 3); anal tube of male lacking spine-like processes (Figs. 7, 10) (coastal in eastern U.S. and California) … 2
1′.- Lateral margins of frons subparallel, if slightly convex then widest above basal 113, markings variable (Figs. 4-6); anal tube of male bearing elongate spine-like processes (Figs. 13, 16, 19, 22) … 3
2. Frons usually 2X or more longer than wide (Fig. 2); styles caliper-shaped, outer margins broadly rounded (Fig. 9); aedeagus lacking teeth on dorsal and ventral margins (Fig. 8) … P. marginata
2′.- Frons usually less than 2X longer than wide (Fig. 3); styles with outer margins angulate in distal 1/3 (Fig. 12); aedeagus with teeth near dorsal margin and often on ventral margin (Fig. 11) … P. dolus
3. Frons usually with brown longitudinal markings (Fig. 4); styles with apices directed laterally (Figs. 15, 18) … P. salina
3′.- Frons orange to yellow laterally and pale medially (Fig. 5) or entirely pale (Fig. 6); styles with apices directed medially (Figs. 21, 24) . . . 4
4. Frons orange to yellow laterally and pale medially, median carina weakly to well developed (Fig. 5); anal tube of male with dorsally and ventrally directed spine-like processes (Fig. 19); shaft of aedeagus widest basally (Fig. 20) (widespread in eastern and midwestern U.S.)
… P. crocea
4′.- Frons pale, median carina strongly developed (Fig. 6); anal tube of male lacking dorsally directed spine-like processes (Fig. 22); shaft of aedeagus widest apically (Fig. 23) (California) … P. carolae
Prokelisia crocea
Prokelisia dolus
Prokelisia marginata
Prokelisia salina
Figures from Wilson 1982
Online resources.
3i.
EOL.
Bugguide.
Discover Life.
FLOW.
Hoppers of North Carolina. (Link to P. crocea)
Kunzweb Gallery. (link to family, genus not present)
American Insects.(link to family, genus not present)
BOLD.
British Bugs.
Jim Cronin’s website.
WoRMS.
Molecular resources:
Genbank has molecular data for 4 species (here). BOLD has (as of 11 Sept. 2017) 3 species.
Selected References
Badmin, J. 2010. Decline of Prokelisia marginata (Van Duzee) (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) in Kent 2010. British Journal of Entomology and Natural History 23(4): 234.
Badmin, J. J. and T. T. Witts. 2009. Cord-grass planthopper Prokelisia marginata (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) sweeps into Kent. British Journal of Entomology and Natural History 22(4): 213-215.
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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.
Baum, K. A., K. J. Haynes, F. P. Dillemuth and J. T. Cronin. 2004. The matrix enhances the effectiveness of corridors and stepping stones. Ecology 85(10): 2671-2676.
Beamer, R. H. 1945. The genus Kelisia in America North of Mexico (Homoptera: Fulgoridae: Delphacinae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 18(3): 100-108. [Viz. p. 100, Salina, crocea not Kelisia]
Beamer, R. H. 1946b. A new species of delphacine fulgorid with notes on four other species (Homoptera-Fulgoridae-Delphacinae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 19: 82‑87. [Notes on ‘Liburnia crocea‘]
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Cronin, J. T. 2003a. Movement and spatial population structure of a prairie planthopper. Ecology 84(5): 1179-1188.
Cronin, J. T. 2003b. Matrix heterogeneity and planthopper-parasitoid interactions in space. Ecology 84:1506-1516.
Cronin, J. T. 2003c. Patch structure, oviposition behavior, and the distribution of parasitism risk. Ecological Monographs 73(2): 283-300.
Cronin, J. T. 2004. Host-parasitoid extinction and colonization in a fragmented prairie landscape. Oecologia 139: 503-514.
Cronin, J. T., K. J. Haynes and F. Dillemuth. 2004. Spider effects on planthopper mortality, dispersal and spatial population dynamics. Ecology 85: 2134-2143.
Cronin, J. T. 2007. Shared parasitoids in a metacommunity: indirect interactions inhibit herbivore membership in local communities. Ecology 88: 2977-2990.
Cronin, J. T. and D. R. Strong. 1990. Biology of Anagrus delicatus (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae), an egg parasitoid of Prokelisia marginata (Homoptera: Delphacidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 83(4): 846-854.
Cronin, J. T. See http://www.jcronin.biology.lsu.edu/research/matrix1.html
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