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Species Melanoliarus placitus


Taxonomic study of the planthopper family Cixiidae in the United States (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea).
By Kramer, J.P.
Transactions of the American Entomological Society 109(1): 1-57., 1983
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James P. Kramer. 1983. Taxonomic study of the planthopper family Cixiidae in the United States (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 109(1): 1-57.

Abstract:

This study completes the first taxonomic revision of the planthopper family Cixiidae in continental United States. Thirteen genera and 172 species are recognized. A key to all 13 genera is presented.

Four genera, Cixius Latreille, Myndus Stål, Oecleus Stål, and Oliarus Stål, were recently revised by the author, and appropriate references are made to these other studies. Species of the remaining 9 genera are treated here.

Planthoppers: Their ecology and management
By Denno R.F., Perfect J.T., eds.
Chapman & Hall, NY. x+799 pp., 1994

Toward a new classification of planthoppers Hemiptera Fulgoromorpha: 1. What Do Fulgoridiidae Really Cover?
By Bourgoin T., Szwedo J.
Ann. Zool. 72: 951-962, 2022

Keys to the families of Cicadomorpha and subfamilies and tribes of Cicadellidae (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha)
By Dietrich C.H.
Florida Entomologist 88: 502-517, 2005

New species of Hemiptera chiefly from California
By Van Duzee, Edward P
Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series, 1918
Full text currently at the Biodiversity Heritage Library here:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/64289

Hemiptera of Canada
By Foottit R.G., Maw H.E.L., Kits J.H., Scudder G.G.E.
ZooKeys 819: 277-290, 2019
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i wish resources and projects of this scope covering the US territory were available

Insect herbivores of 12 milkweed (Asclepias) species.
By Betz, R.F., W.R. Rommel & J.J. Dichtl.
Pp. 7-19. In: C. Warwick (ed.). Proceedings of the 15th North American Prairie Conference, Natural Areas Association, Bend, OR., 2000
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Betz, R.F., W.R. Rommel & J.J. Dichtl. 2000. Insect herbivores of 12 milkweed (Asclepias) species, Pp. 7-19. In: C. Warwick (ed.). Proceedings of the Fifteenth North American Prairie Conference, Natural Areas Association, Bend, OR.

Checklist of the Hemiptera of British Columbia
By Maw H.E.L.
working document, 2011
updated from(1)

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