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Title: Primer registro para Peru del genero Nielsonia Young, 1977 (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellinae: Cicadellini)

Author
item LOZADA, P. - National University Of San Marcos
item McKamey, Stuart - Stu

Submitted to: BIOMA
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 11/12/2013
Publication Date: 11/30/2013
Citation: Lozada, P.W., Mckamey, S.H. 2013. Primer registro para Peru del genero Nielsonia Young, 1977 (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellinae: Cicadellini). BIOMA. 13(2):28.

Interpretive Summary: Leafhoppers cause millions of dollars of damage to U.S. agricultural crops each year. It is important to know the distribution of foreign species that may be introduced to the U.S. A new country record was discovered for a genus of leafhoppers that is able to vector bacterial diseases. This paper reviews the existing literature on the leafhopper genus and gives the new country record. It will be of use to scientists and others interested in protecting US cops from leafhopper pests.

Technical Abstract: En este articulo se reporta por primera vez para el Peru una especies del genero Nielsonia Young, 1977, de material procedente del Departamento de Tumbes. El genero ha sido reportada anteriormente de Ecuador, como unico registro para Sudamerica, y America Central. El unico especimen hembra encontrada es cercano a N. scissa Young, 1977.