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''Metadelphax'' is a genus of delphacid planthoppers in the family
Delphacidae Delphacidae is a family of planthoppers containing about 2000 species, distributed worldwide. Delphacids are separated from other "hoppers" by the prominent spur on the tibia of the hindleg. Diet and Pest species All species are phytophagous, ...
. There are at least 5 described species in ''Metadelphax''.Bartlett C, Webb M (2014). "The planthopper genus Spartidelphax, a new segregate of Nearctic Delphacodes (Hemiptera, Delphacidae)". ''ZooKeys 453'': 19-36.


Species

* '' Metadelphax argentinensis'' (Muir, 1929) * '' Metadelphax dentata'' Gonzon and Bartlett, 2008 * '' Metadelphax pero'' (Fennah, 1971) * '' Metadelphax propinqua'' (Fieber, 1866) * '' Metadelphax wetmorei'' (Muir & Giffard, 1924)


References

* Ding, Jinhua (2006). "Homoptera Delphacidae". ''Fauna Sinica Insecta, vol. 45'', xx + 776. * Gonzon, Anthony T., and Charles R. Bartlett (2007). "Systematics of Hadropygos n.g., ''Metadelphax'' Wagner and New World ''Toya'' Distant (Hemiptera: Delphacidae)". ''Transactions of the American Entomological Society, vol. 133, no. 3+4'', 205–277. * Wagner, Wilhelm (1962). "Dynamische Taxionomie, angewandt auf die Delphaciden Mitteleuropas". ''Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut, vol. 60'', 111–180.


Further reading

* Arnett, Ross H. (2000). ''American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico''. CRC Press.


External links


NCBI Taxonomy Browser, ''Metadelphax''
Auchenorrhyncha genera Delphacini {{Delphacidae-stub