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Anatomy and histology of reproductive organs of female Homalodisca coagulata (Hemiptera : Cicadellidae : Proconiini), with special emphasis on categorization of vitellogenic oocytes
The anatomy and histology of female Homalodisca coagulata (Say) (Hemiptera: Ci-cadellida: Proconiini) reproductive organs is described using light microscopy. The reproductive organs of H. coagulat...
Descriptions of eight new Acrogonia species from the Amazon region, including peculiar features of the female genitalia (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellinae: Proconiini)
Eight new species of the agriculturally important sharpshooter genus Acrogonia Stal, 1869 are described and illustrated from Brazil (one of them also recorded from Peru): A. amazonensis sp. nov. (s...
Egg Stage of Homalodisca vitripennis and Homalodisca liturata (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae): Ovometrics, Embryonic Development, and Nonparasitic Mortality
Morphometric and developmental aspects of the egg stage of glassy-winged sharpshooter, Homalodisca vitripennis (Germar), and Homalodisca liturata Ball were investigated. Considerable overlap exists...
NEW RECORDS ON THE GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF SOUTH AMERICAN SHARPSHOOTERS (CICADELLIDAE: CICADELLINAE: PROCONIINI) AND THEIR POTENTIAL AS VECTORS OF XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA
The Proconiini comprises 422 species distributed in the continental Americas, the highest biodiversity is found in the Neotropical Region (Wilson et al. 2009). Members of the tribe Proconiini have ...
Proconiini Sharpshooters of Argentina, with notes on its distribution, host plants, and natural enemies
The American tribe Proconiini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellinae) is one of the largest groups of xylem-feeding insects and includes the majority of the known vectors of xylem-born phytopathoge...
Temporal Patterns in Homalodisca spp. (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) Oviposition on Southern California Citrus and Jojoba
A detailed study of the distribution of egg masses of Homalodisca vitripennis (Germar) and H. liturata Ball was done across a 2-yr period (2001-2003) on six host plants in southern California (Mars...
Validity of Homalodisca and of H-vitripennis as the name for glassy-winged sharpshooter (Hemiptera : Cicadellidae : Cicadellinae)
A male of Tettigonia vitripennis Germar-deposited in the recently rediscovered Germar Hemiptera collection, in the Ivan Franko National University (Ukraine)-is designated as the lectotype and assum...
