{"title":"Some new cicadellids from grasslands of Karachi, Pakistan (Homoptera: Cicadellidae)","authors":"Manzoor Ahmed, A. Qadeer, K. Malik","doi":"10.5962/BHL.PART.10978","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5962/BHL.PART.10978","url":null,"abstract":"A brief survey of grassland leafhoppers of Karachi during 1985 revealed the existence of five new species of the family Cicadellidae. These include Exitianus major, E. minor, Chiasmus karachiensis, C. lobosa , and Goniagnathus bifurcatus.","PeriodicalId":447367,"journal":{"name":"Great Basin naturalist memoirs","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133576586","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evidence for an Indo-Pacific origin of Hawaiian endemics in Balclutha and related genera (Cicadellidae: Macrostelini)","authors":"W. J. Knight, M. Webb","doi":"10.5962/bhl.part.10983","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.10983","url":null,"abstract":"The 10 endemic species of Balclutha in Hawaii are reviewed and compared with the Pacific and American forms of the genus. Two new species, nigriventris and fuscifrons , are described; kilaueae is transferred to a new genus Balolina n. comb.; beardsleyi is synonymized with saltuella , n. syn.; and hospes is relegated to a subspecies of incisa , n. stat. Descriptions and notes, together with illustrations and a key, are given for each taxon. Evidence is presented to suggest that all the endemic species of Balclutha have arisen within the islands from a single colonization and that the taxon showing the greatest similarity to them is the widespread Pacific species B. lucida . It is shown that the Hawaiian genus Nesolina is most closely related to the endemic species-group of Balclutha and that Balolina is an independent colonization.","PeriodicalId":447367,"journal":{"name":"Great Basin naturalist memoirs","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125372760","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Colladonus and related genera of Mexico and Central America with new taxa and synonymy (Homoptera: Cicadellidae)","authors":"M. W. Nielson","doi":"10.5962/BHL.PART.10984","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5962/BHL.PART.10984","url":null,"abstract":"A study of the genus Colladonus and related genera of Mexico and Central America was based almost exclusively upon the examination of nearly the entire type series of all the Idiodonus species described by the late Dr. D. M. DeLong. All species referable to Colladonus are redescribed, and illustrations of the male genitalia are given for the first time. A key to the species of Mexico and Central America is also included. A brief discussion of the distribution and phylogeny of the group is given. Among 35 species described by DeLong in Idiodonus , 21 belong in Colladonus, 1 is assigned to Ollarianus Ball , 1 to Paratanus Young , 2 to Bonneyana Oman , 2 are retained in Idiodonus , 5 are relegated to four proposed new genera, and the remaining 3 have uncertain generic position. One new combination in Colladonus is proposed, and 16 names are treated as new synonyms. Eight new combinations are proposed in the treatment of related genera. New genera include: Paracolladonus, Paracrassana, Paranurenus , and Jaacunga . The subgenus Angulanus DeLong is elevated to generic rank.","PeriodicalId":447367,"journal":{"name":"Great Basin naturalist memoirs","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122352306","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}