Endosymbioses are a major form of biological complexity affecting the ecological and
evolutionary diversification of many eukaryotic groups. These associations are exemplified …

California's viticulture and ornamental industries have suffered significant losses since the
introduction of Homalodisca coagulata (Say), an important vector of the Pierce's disease …

Fluid flow into and out of the stylets of xylem-ingesting sharpshooters (Hemiptera:
Cicadellidae: Cicadellinae) is powered by muscles of the cibarial pump. Such fluid flow is …

Abstract Leafhoppers from 16 New World genera currently placed in the tribes Proconiini
(13) and Cicadellini (2) of the subfamily Cicadellinae, in the subfamily Phereurhininae (1) …

The glassy-winged sharpshooter, Homalodisca vitripennis (Germar), is an important vector
of Xylella fastidiosa Wells et al., a bacterium that has caused substantial losses in the …

A male of Tettigonia vitripennis Germar—deposited in the recently rediscovered Germar
Hemiptera collection, in the Ivan Franko National University (Ukraine)—is designated as the …

The glassy-winged sharpshooter, Homalodisca coagulata (Homoptera: Cicadellidae), is a
highly polyphagous insect species that is distributed throughout most of the southern …

Gonatocerus ashmeadi is a common and seemingly widespread egg parasitoid of
Homalodisca coagulata, the glassy-winged sharpshooter (GWSS). Location records for G …

The morphology, distribution, and hosts of two egg parasitoids, Ufens principalis Owen sp. n.
and U. ceratus Owen sp. n.(Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae), are described for the first …

The leafhopper subfamily Cicadellinae (= sharpshooters) includes approximately 340
genera and over 2,000 species distributed worldwide, but it is most diverse in the …