Comparative morphology of female gonapophyses IX in Delphacidae (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Fulgoromorpha) with key to tribes
Author
Wallner, Adam M.
Author
Bartlett, Charles R.
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-03-05
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4564.1.5
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Tribe
Stenocranini Wagner
Description
. Gonapophyses IX mostly broad and spatulate dorsally, predominately curvilinear laterally (
Figs 11– 14
), average length 844.71–1740.74 µm, width 45.56–178.49 µm; teeth variable in shape and frequency, ranging from as a few as 12 on
Stenocranus
sp. (
Kyrgyzstan
,
Fig. 12A
) to 30 for
Embolophora monoceros
(
Fig. 11A
); teeth morphology varied from numerous short, sharp teeth; short and square-shaped; slanted and lobed; irregular-shaped flattened plates; notched teeth on distal half to third (
Figs 11–14
). Pits or sensory structures near gonapophyses margins, sometimes (in dorsal view) concentrated near center (
Fig. 11A
). Specialized features include nodulate teeth on
Stenocranus
sp. (
Kyrgyzstan
;
Fig. 12A
); lateral teeth and a greatly projecting conical apex on
Tanycranus elongatus
(
Fig. 14A
); and three Old World genera [viz.,
E
.
monoceros
(
Fig. 11A
),
Terauchiana singularis
(
Fig. 13A
), and
S. agamopsyche
(
Fig. 12C
)] with concavity between teeth and shaft of gonapophyses.
Notes.
Stenocranini
is composed of 10 genera in 93 species. The greatest diversity of the tribe is Holarctic, especially Asia, with few taxa in the southern Hemisphere (e.g.,
Embolophora
Stål
in Africa,
Tanycranus
Bartlett
in South America) (
Bartlett 2005
,
2010a
). Host associations are almost exclusively graminoids, with some species reported on ferns, and
Equisetum
(horsetail) (
Bartlett 2010a
,
Urban
et al.
2010
).