Occurrence of the tamarix leafhopper, Opsius stactogalus Fieber (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae), in Argentina
1PROIMI-Biotecnología, División de Control Biológico, Avenida Belgrano y Pasaje Caseros, T4001 MVB, San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán, Argentina
2USDA-ARS, South American Biological Control Laboratory, Bolivar 1559 (1686), Hurlingham, Buenos Aires, Argentina
3Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo de La Plata, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque sin número, CP 1900, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Abstract
The paleartic tamarix leafhopper, Opsius stactogalus Fieber (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae), can reduce the growth of tamarisk due to the aggregate feeding imposed by their populations. The species was mentioned for Argentina in Metcalf´s catalogue (1967) without locality or region reference, and the contributions on Cicadellidae published by many authors after Metcalf omitted this distributional data. Populations of O. stactogalus on Tamarix sp. were found in 12 sites between 28º 48’ to 39º 17’ S and 64º 06’ to 70º 04’ W, located in both the Neotropical and Andean biogeographic regions.
Keywords: distribution, Tamarix, tamarisk leafhopper, invasive species
Abbreviations: IMLA, Fundación e Instituto Miguel Lillo at San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina, MLPA, Museo de Ciencias Naturales de La Plata, Buenos Aires, MASL, meters above sea level
Correspondence: a*evirla@hotmail.com, bglogarzo@speedy.com.ar, cparadell@museo.fcnym.unlp.edu.ar *Corresponding author
Received: 28 March 2008 | Accepted: 23 August 2008 | Published: 23 March 2010
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ISSN: 1536-2442 | Volume 10, Number 23
Virla EG, Logarzo GA, Paradell SL. 2010. Occurrence of the tamarix leafhopper, Opsius stactogalus Fieber (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae), in Argentina. 5pp. Journal of Insect Science 10:23, available online: insectscience.org/10.23