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Contents
Family Delphacidae Leach, 1815
Subfamily Delphacinae Leach, 1815
Tribe Delphacini Leach, 1815
Genus Scolopygos Bartlett, 2002: 97.
Type species: Scolopygos pallida Bartlett, 2002
Distribution
Canada: Alberta, Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia; USA: Colorado
Distribution of Scolopygos from FLOW (as of 12 Mar. 2020).
Recognized species
This genus is represented by a single species.
Scolopygos pallida Bartlett, 2002: 97 – USA CO: Canada: Alberta, Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia (I have specimens from Colorado, not sure if this is published)
Economic importance
Limited.
Plant associations
None reported. Hamilton (2004a, b) reports Scolopygos as a prairie grassland specialist of the Canadian Great Plains. Hamilton (2010) reports Scolopygos pallida as an endemic of the Atlantic Maritime Ecozone.
Recognition
Male with ventral margin of pygofer bearing a pair of elongate, closely approximated, sub-symmetrical, median processes, and toothlike lateral processes. Midlateral margins of pygofer opening produced posteriorly, ventral margin not excavated. Diaphragm weak, membranous. Anal segment unarmed.
Scolopygos pallida
Scolopygos pallida habitus
Scolopygos pallida male terminalia
Online resources
3i.
EOL.
Bugguide. (n/a)
Discover Life.
FLOW.
Hoppers of North Carolina. (n/a)
Kunzweb Gallery. (n/a)
American Insects. (n/a)
BOLD.
GBIF.
Molecular resources
BOLD at this time (14 Sept 2017) reports sequence data from 1 specimen (out of 2). Genbank reports no data.
Selected References
Bartlett, C. R. 2002. A new genus and species of delphacid planthopper (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea) from Canada. Entomological News 113(2): 97-102.
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.
Hamilton, K.G.A. 2004. Abundant endemic bugs and Canadian plains conservation. Pp. 107-122. In: T.A.Radenbaugh and Glenn C. Sutter, (eds.). Managing Changing Prairie Landscapes. Prairie Forum 30(1): 107-122. [listed]
Hamilton, K.G.A. 2004. Leafhoppers and their relatives (Homoptera, Auchenorrhyncha) from the Canadian Great Plains. Arthropods of Canadian Grasslands 10: 16-24. (http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/bsc/pdf/grasslands10.pdf) [listed]
Hamilton, K.G.A. 2010. Chapter 19. “Short-horned” bugs (Homoptera) of the Atlantic Maritime Ecozone. Pp. 405-419. In: D. MacAlpine, (ed.). Assessment of Species Diversity in the Atlantic Maritime Ecozone. NRC Press Biodiversity Monograph Series.
Leach, W. E. 1815a. Entomology. The Edinburg encyclopedia; conducted by David Brewster 9: 57-172. (family Delphacidae here).
