In the shadow of a megalopolis, a new Flexamia from a threatened grass species in the New Jersey Pine Barrens (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Deltocephalinae, Paralimnini)

By

Hicks, Andrew

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2015

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

511

Pages

69-79

Subjects

Cicadellidae , Deltocephalinae , Flexamia , Hemiptera , leafhopper , Muhlenbergia torreyana , New Jersey Pine Barrens , new species

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.511.9572

 

Abstract

A previously unknown species of the North American leafhopper genus Flexamia, F. whitcombi sp. n., is described from pinebarren smokegrass (Muhlenbergia torreyana (Schult.) Hitchc.), a state-listed threatened grass in the New Jersey Pine Barrens. The serrata species group, to which it belongs, is redefined and a key to the species of the group is provided. This is the first reported insect association with M. torreyana.