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Unknown short leafhopper - Daltonia

n.w. Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
July 22, 2015
Size: small, 3-4mm.

I thought this small stubby leafhopper with boldly striped veins would be easy to recognize but I've wandered back and forth through all the Cicadellids w/o success. It bears a superficial resemblance to Paramesus major but that species has longer wings and a different head pattern.

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Unknown short leafhopper - Daltonia

Unknown short leafhopper - Daltonia

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Contributed by Chuck Sexton on 24 July, 2015 - 12:56pm
Last updated 20 July, 2020 - 7:06pm

Moved

Moved from Limotettix.

… Kyle Kittelberger, 20 July, 2020 - 7:06pm

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Matches D. estacada

I found DeLong's 1948 brief description of "Amplicephalus" [=Daltonia] estacada and a description of the Texan species D. condita in Blocker & Fang (1993, p. 307-308). The present leafhopper definitely matches the former species and bears no resemblance to the latter. The keys in those publications mostly deal with genitalic characters so are of no help in images of living examples.

… Chuck Sexton, 21 July, 2020 - 2:07pm

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Daltonia

the key only differentiates the species based on male genitalia and doesn't indicate a difference in color that could be helpful, at least not from what I see in the 1993 paper. For now I'd say its best to leave at genus level.

… Kyle Kittelberger, 21 July, 2020 - 10:29pm

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Limotettix

… Kyle Kittelberger, 3 August, 2017 - 10:45am

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Thanks for the suggestion

While this may very well belong to Limotettix, the genus is vastly underrepresented on BG (with examples of only 9 of "90 species"). Mine matches none of that inadequate sample.

… Chuck Sexton, 3 August, 2017 - 11:43am

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You're right

if it is a Limotettix, its likely an undescribed species

… Kyle Kittelberger, 6 September, 2017 - 7:42pm

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