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Macugonalia
Macugonalia cavifrons (Stål 1862)
Macugonalia cavifrons (Stål). Habitus, dorsal view, and, head, frontal view: specimen from Corrientes province, Argentina (Photograph: Defea B)
Geographic distribution
Distribution
Harmful insects, vectors of phytopathogens; without official control
- Argentina
- Buenos Aires
- Chaco
- Corrientes
- Entre Ríos
- Formosa
- Jujuy
- La Rioja
- Misiones
- Salta
- Tucumán
Other distribution
South America: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, Peru and Venezuela (Young 1977).
In Argentina: Misiones (Remes Lenicov et al. 1999), Entre Ríos (Dellapé et al. 2016), Jujuy, Salta, La Rioja, Tucumán, Formosa, Chaco, Corrientes and Buenos Aires (Defea 2018).
In Argentina: Misiones (Remes Lenicov et al. 1999), Entre Ríos (Dellapé et al. 2016), Jujuy, Salta, La Rioja, Tucumán, Formosa, Chaco, Corrientes and Buenos Aires (Defea 2018).
- Tettigonia cavifrons Stål 1862
- Amblyscarta cavifrons (Stål, 1862) 1965a: 214
- Macugonalia cavifrons Young 1977 [n. comb.]
Natural enemies: Salticidae (Chelicerata: Aranae) (Defea et al. 2022).
Phytosanitary importance: Proven vector of Xylella fastidiosa subsp. pauca to plants of Olea europaea L. Osb.
(Lopes & Froza 2021) and citrus plants (Esteves et al. 2019) in Brazil. Proven vector of Xylella fastidiosa subsp. multiplex in plants of Prunus salicina in Brazil (Müller et al. 2021).
Phytosanitary importance: Proven vector of Xylella fastidiosa subsp. pauca to plants of Olea europaea L. Osb.
(Lopes & Froza 2021) and citrus plants (Esteves et al. 2019) in Brazil. Proven vector of Xylella fastidiosa subsp. multiplex in plants of Prunus salicina in Brazil (Müller et al. 2021).
In Citrus sinensis (L.) Osb. (Remes Lenicov et al. 1999), Brassica napus L. var. oleifera (Paris et al. 2012), Vitis vinífera L. (Ringengerg 2008), Coffea arabica L. (Carvalho et al. 2015), Citrus x limon (L.) Burm. F. y Olea europaea L. var. arauco “olivo” (Defea 2022).
- YOUNG, D. A. 1977. Taxonomic study of the Cicadellinae (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Part 2. New World Cicadellini and the genus Cicadella. Technical Bulletin of the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station, 239, 1-1135.
- REMES LENICOV ET AL. 1999. Cicadelinos asociados a citrus afectados por la Clorosis Variegada (CVC) en la República Argentina (Insecta: Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina, 58 (3-4), 211-225.
- RINGENBERG . 2008. Análise faunística de cigarrinhas (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) e flutuação populacional de potenciais vetores de Xylella fastidiosa em vinhedos nos estados do Rio Grande do Sul e Pernambuco, Brasil. Tesis doutorado, 200 pp.
- PARIS ET AL. 2012. Cigarrinhas (Cicadellidae: Cicadellinae) na cultura da canola no município de Vacaria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. Caderno de Pesquisa, Série Biologia, 24 (3).
- DELLAPE G., BOUVET J.P. & PARADELL S. . 2016. Diversity of Cicadomorpha (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha) in Citrus Orchards in Northeastern Argentina. Florida Entomologist 96, 1125-1134.
- DEFEA B. 2018. Biodiversidad de Cicadellini en las regiones norte y centro de la Argentina (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae). Tesis doctoral. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. 308 pp.
- ESTEVES M.B., KLEINA H.T., SALES T.M., OLIVEIRA T.P., DE LARA I.A.R., ALMEIDA R.P.P., COLETTA-FILHO H.D., LOPES J.R.S. . 2019. Transmission efficiency of Xylella fastidiosa subsp. pauca sequence types by sharpshooter vectors after in vitro acquisition. Phytopathology 109, 286-293.
- LOPES, J.R.S. & FROZA J.A. 2021. 3rd European Conference on Xylella fastidiosa and XF-ACTORS final meeting. Available from: https://www.efsa.europa.eu/es/events/event/3rd-european-conference-xylella-fastidiosa-and-xf-actors-final-meeting
- MÜLLER C., ESTEVES M.B., KLEINA H.T., NONDILLO A., BOTTON M., SPOTTI LOPES J.R. . 2021. First sharpshooter species proven as vectors of Xylella fastidiosa subsp. multiplex in Prunus salicina trees in Brazil. Tropical plant pathology 46, 386-391.
- DEFEA, B.S., VIRLA E. G., LOGARZO, G. A., CAVICHIOLI, R. R., TAPIA, AGUIRRE, S. M., MC KAY, F., MARTIN, S. & PARADELL, S. L. 2022. Contributions to the knowledge of the Cicadellini sharpshooters (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) associated with citrus orchards in Argentina. Zootaxa, 5205 (1), 55-72.
