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1 March 2017 First Report of Spittlebug Species (Hemiptera: Cercopidae) Associated with Pinus Species (Pinaceae) in Mexico
Ulises Castro-Valderrama, Jesús Romero-Nápoles, Daniel C. Peck, Jorge Manuel Valdez-Carrasco, Celina Llanderal-Cázares, Hiram Bravo-Mojica, Francisco Hernández-Rosas, Víctor David Cibrián-Llanderal
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Abstract

The habitat and adult host plants of 3 Ocoaxo species (Hemiptera: Cercopidae) are reported for the first time. In addition, their possible link to a disorder of forest pines we called “pine decline” in Mexico is discussed. The distribution of Ocoaxo varians (Stål), Ocoaxo assimilis (Walker), and Ocoaxo near fowleri (Lallemand) is described based on museum collection specimens and field collections performed during 2015.

Ulises Castro-Valderrama, Jesús Romero-Nápoles, Daniel C. Peck, Jorge Manuel Valdez-Carrasco, Celina Llanderal-Cázares, Hiram Bravo-Mojica, Francisco Hernández-Rosas, and Víctor David Cibrián-Llanderal "First Report of Spittlebug Species (Hemiptera: Cercopidae) Associated with Pinus Species (Pinaceae) in Mexico," Florida Entomologist 100(1), 206-208, (1 March 2017). https://doi.org/10.1653/024.100.0136
Published: 1 March 2017
KEYWORDS
fitotoxemia
Ocoaxo assimilis
Ocoaxo cerca fowleri
Ocoaxo near fowleri
Ocoaxo varians
phytotoxemia
Pinus chiapensis
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