The 2005 ESA Annual Meeting and Exhibition
December 15-18, 2005
Ft. Lauderdale, FL

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Friday, December 16, 2005
D0025

A phylogeny of the Ledrine leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) based on morphological evidence

Joshua Jones, josh_jones@ncsu.edu and Lewis L. Deitz, lewis_deitz@ncsu.edu. North Carolina State University, Entomology, Box 7613, Raleigh, NC

The leafhopper subfamily Ledrinae, as currently defined, contains the tribes Ledrini, Petalocephalini, Stenocotini, Thymbrini, and Xerophloeini. Recent studies, based on both molecular and morphological data, have called into question this classification, especially the inclusion of Stenocotini and Thymbrini within the subfamily and also the possible synonymy of Ledrini and Petalocephalini. We present our most recent hypotheses regarding the monophyly of the subfamily and each of its included tribes based on morphological data.


Species 1: Hemiptera Cicadellidae
Keywords: Phylogeny, Morphology

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