Classification > Superfamily
Membracoidea
> Family
Cicadellidae
> Subfamily
Cicadellinae
> Tribe
Proconiini
> Genus
Tapajosa
Tapajosa similis (Melichar 1925)
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Geographic distribution
Distribution
Insects with no economic damage registered
- Argentina
- Catamarca
- Chaco
- Entre Ríos
- Jujuy
- Misiones
- Salta
- Tucumán
Other distribution
Brazil (Dellapé et al. 2011).
- Cuerna similis Melichar 1925
- Tapajosa similis Young 1968 (n. comb.)
Natural enemies: Cosmocomoidea virlai Triapitsyn, Logarzo, De León (Triapitsyn et al. 2010) (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae), C. tuberculifemur (Ogloblin) (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae), Zagella sp., Paracentrobia sp. y Oligosita sp. (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) (Paradell et al. 2012, Huber 2015).
Phytosanitary importance: unknown.
Phytosanitary importance: unknown.
Bromus sp., Lantana camara L. and Sorghum halepense L. (Paradell et al. 2012).
- MELICHAR. 1925. Monographie der Cicadellinen. II. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici, 22, 329-410.
- YOUNG. 1968. Taxonomic study of the Cicadellinae (Homoptera: Cicadellidae), Part 1, Proconiini. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 261, 287 pp.
- TRIAPITSYN ET AL. . 2010. Review of Gonatocerus (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) in the Neotropical region, with description of eleven new species of Gonatocerus. Zootaxa, 2456, 1-243.
- DELLAPÉ ET AL. 2011. New records on the geographical distribution of South American Sharpshooters (Cicadellidae: Cicadellinae: Proconiini) and their potential as vectors of Xylella fastidiosa. Florida Entomologist 94 (2), 364-366.
- PARADELL ET AL. 2012. Proconiini Sharpshooters of Argentina, with notes on its distribution, host plants, and natural enemies. Journal of Insect Science, 12, 1-17.
- HUBER J. T. . 2015. World reclassification of the onatocerus group of genera (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae). Zootaxa, 3967 (1), 1-184.
