Deltocephalus

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Deltocephalus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadellidae
Tribe: Deltocephalini
Genus: Deltocephalus
Burmeister, 1838
Species

Deltocephalus is a leafhopper genus in the subfamily Deltocephalinae.[1]

Deltocephalus vulgaris is a vector of the sugarcane grassy shoot disease.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Review of the Deltocephalus group of leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) in China. Zhang Y and Duan Y Zootaxa, 2011, 2870, pages 1–47 ( Preview)
  2. ^ Nested PCR assay for detection of sugarcane grassy shoot phytoplasma in the leafhopper vector Deltocephalus vulgaris : a first report. Srivastava S, Singh V, Gupta PS, Sinha OK and Baitha A, Plant pathology, 2006, volume 55, number 1, pages 25-28 INIST 17570137

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