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Title: Occurrence of the tamarix leafhopper, Opsius stactogalus Fieber (Hemiptera:Cicadellidae) in Argentina

Author
item VIRLA, EDUARDO - Consejo Nacional De Investigaciones Científicas Y Técnicas(CONICET)
item LOGARZO, GUILLERMO - South American Biological Control Lab(SABCL)
item PARADELL, SUSANA - National University Of La Plata And Museum

Submitted to: Journal of Insect Science
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 5/28/2009
Publication Date: 3/23/2010
Citation: Virla, E.G., Logarzo, G.A., Paradell, S.L. 2010. Occurrence of the tamarix leafhopper, Opsius stactogalus Fieber (Hemiptera:Cicadellidae) in Argentina. Journal of Insect Science. 10:2-6

Interpretive Summary: The paleartic “tamarix leafhopper”, can reduce tamarisk´s growth 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 leafhoppers published by many authors after Metcalf omitted this distributional data. We found populations of the leafhopper on Tamarix in 12 sites from northern Argentina to Patagonia, located in both the Neotropical and Andean biogeographic regions. The Tamarix leafhopper, a species that occurs in Europe, parts of North Africa, and most of Asia, was reported previously for Argentina, South America. However, the article did not mention collection sites and dates. We report 12 collection sites of Tamarix leafhopper in Argentina in several biogeographic regions.

Technical Abstract: The paleartic Opsius stactogalus Fieber, or “tamarix leafhopper”, can reduce tamarisk´s growth due to the aggregate feeding imposed by their populations. The species was mentioned for Argentina in the Metcalf´s catalogue (1967) without locality or region reference, and the contributions on Cicadellidae published by many authors after Metcalf omitted this distributional data. We found populations of O. stactogalus on Tamarix sp. 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.