Redescription of Megamelus scutellaris Berg (Hemiptera: Delphacidae), a Candidate for Biological Control of Water Hyacinth

A. J. Sosa; A. M Marino De Remes Lenicov; R. Mariani; H. A. Cordo

doi:10.1603/0013-8746(2004)097[0271:ROMSBH]2.0.CO;2

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1 March 2004 Redescription of Megamelus scutellaris Berg (Hemiptera: Delphacidae), a Candidate for Biological Control of Water Hyacinth

A. J. Sosa, A. M Marino De Remes Lenicov, R. Mariani, H. A. Cordo

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Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 97(2):271-275 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1603/0013-8746(2004)097[0271:ROMSBH]2.0.CO;2

Abstract

To detect biocontrol agents of the invasive aquatic weed Eichhornia crassipes (Martius) Solms-Laubach (Pontederiaceae), surveys were conducted in the basins of the Paraná and Uruguay rivers in Argentina and the basin of the Amazon river in Peru and Brazil. Among the captured delphacids, Megamelus scutellaris Berg was the most abundant. Berg originally described this species on the basis of a macropterous female. In this contribution, the macropterous and brachypterous male and the brachypterous female are described, and the holotype female is redescribed. Some biological aspects are recorded.

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A. J. Sosa, A. M Marino De Remes Lenicov, R. Mariani, and H. A. Cordo "Redescription of Megamelus scutellaris Berg (Hemiptera: Delphacidae), a Candidate for Biological Control of Water Hyacinth," Annals of the Entomological Society of America 97(2), 271-275, (1 March 2004). https://doi.org/10.1603/0013-8746(2004)097[0271:ROMSBH]2.0.CO;2

Received: 22 May 2003; Accepted: 1 November 2003; Published: 1 March 2004

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