Phylogeny of the leafhopper subfamily Deltocephalinae (Insecta: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae) and related subfamilies based on morphology

Systematics and Biodiversity

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-24

  Zahniser, James N ^a,b   Dietrich, Christopher H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cicadellidae; Classification; Deltocephalinae; Grassland; Leafhopper; Morphology; Parsimony

Indexed keywords

AUCHENORRHYNCHA; CICADELLIDAE; DELTOCEPHALINAE; EUPELICINAE; INSECTA; KOEBELIINAE; PENTHIMIINAE; SELENOCEPHALINAE;

EID: 39549084790     PISSN: 14772000     EISSN: 14780933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1477200007002617     Document Type: Article

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