Recent publications on Auchenorrhyncha

Posted 19 December 2018

Ankrah, N.Y.D., Chouaia, B. and Douglas, A.E., (2018) The cost of metabolic interactions in symbioses between insects and bacteria with reduced genomes. mBio 9(5), doi: 10.1128/mBio.01433-18
[Philaenus spumarius (Aphrophoridae), Graphocephala coccinea (Cicadellidae: Cicadellinae), Neotibicen canicularis (Cicadidae)]

Bian, L., Cai, X.M., Luo, Z.X., Li, Z.Q. and Chen, Z.M., (2018) Decreased capture of natural enemies of pests in light traps with light-emitting diode technology. Annals of Applied Biology 173(3): 251–260, doi: 10.1111/aab.12458 [includes Empoasca onukii]

Boyd, E.A., Triapitsyn, S.V. and Hoddle, M.S., (2018) Parasitism of Draeculacephala minerva Ball, 1927 (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) eggs by three species of Trichogrammatidae and Mymaridae (Hymenoptera) in California, USA. Pan Pacific Entomologist 94(3): 147–150, doi: 10.3956/2018-94.3.147

Cao, Y.H., Dmitriev, D.A. and Zhang, Y.L., (2018) New species of the leafhopper genera Kusala Dworakowska and Diomma Motschulsky (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Erythroneurini) with description of a new subgenus. Zootaxa 4514(2): 263–272, doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4514.2.9

Chen, L., Cao, T.T., Zhang, J. and Lou, Y.G., (2018) Overexpression of OsGID1 enhances the resistance of rice to the Brown Planthopper Nilaparvata lugens. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 19(9), doi: 10.3390/ijms19092744

Constant, J. (2018) Revision of the Eurybrachidae XIV. The Australian genera Olonia Stål, 1862 and Stalobrachysgen. nov (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha). European Journal of Taxonomy 486: 1–97, doi: 10.5852/ejt.2018.486

Domahovski, A.C. and Cavichioli, R.R., (2018) Two new remarkable genera and two new species of Gyponini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Iassinae) from Brazil. European Journal of Taxonomy 476: 1–17, doi: 10.5852/ejt.2018.476

Duan, Y.N. and Dietrich, C.H., (2018) A key to genera of South American Deltocephalini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) with descriptions of new taxa and nomenclatural changes. European Journal of Entomology 115: 587–601, doi: 10.14411/eje.2018.056

Ferreira, A.L.D., Lozada, P.W. and Takiya, D.M., (2018) A new species of the sharpshooter genus Onega Distant, 1908 (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellini) from Ecuador and Peru. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 62(4): 324–327, doi: 10.1016/j.rbe.2018.09.005

Fletcher, M.J. (2018) A new species of Horouta Knight (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalniae) from Northern Australia. Australian Entomologist 45(3): 237–243.

Fletcher, M.J. and Dai, W., (2018) Two new species of Maiestas Distant (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Deltocephalini) with a new record from Australia. Zootaxa 4521(3): 430–440, doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4521.3.8

Flynn, D.J., (2018) Review of the genus Cladonota Stal (Hemipterea: Membracidae: Membracinae: Hypsoprorini) with keys, illustrations of adults, and known nymphs, and description of a new species from Costa Rica. 1. Introduction and subgenus Falculifera McKamey. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 120(4): 725–747, doi: 10.4289/0013-8797.120.4.725

Freytag, P.H., (2018) Three new species of Bythonia (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Iassinae) from South America. Entomological News 128(1): 61–64.

Froza, J.A., Cavichioli, R.R., Costa, L.A.A. and Mejdalani, G., (2018) Two new species of Hanshumba from Southeastern Brazil and a key to males of the genus (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellini). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 62(4): 315–318, doi: 10.1016/j.rbe.2018.08.005

Guo, Y., Hoffmann, A.A., Xu, X.Q., Zhang, X., Huang, H.J., Ju, J.F., Gong, J.T. and Hong, X.Y., (2018) Wolbachia-induced apoptosis associated with increased fecundity in Laodelphax striatellus (Hemiptera: Delphacidae). Insect Molecular Biology 27(6): 796–807, doi: 10.1111/imb.12518

Hasanvand, V., Kamali, M., Heydarnejad, J., Massumi, H., Kvarnheden, A. and Varsani, A., (2018) Identification of a new turncurtovirus in the leafhopper Circulifer haematoceps and the host plant species Sesamum indicum. Virus Genes 54(6): 840–845, doi: 10.1007/s11262-018-1604-x

Hayashi, M., Kamitani, S., Ohara, N. and Fujinuma, S., 2016. Auchenorrhyncha pp 250-355. In: M. Hayashi, M. Tomokuni, K. Yoshizawa and T. Ishikawa (Editors), Catalogue of the insects of Japan, Vol. 4 Paraneoptera. Entomological Society of Japan, pp. xxxiv+629.

He, C., Xiao, Y.L., Yu, J.H., Li, J.J., Meng, Q.C., Qing, X.G. and Xiao, G.Y., (2018) Pyramiding Xa21, Bph14, and Bph15 genes into the elite restorer line Yuehui9113 increases resistance to bacterial blight and the brown planthopper in rice. Crop Protection 115: 31–39, doi: 10.1016/j.cropro.2018.09.001

He, H.L., Yang, M.F. and Yu, X.F., (2018) Three new species of the leafhopper genus Processina (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Mileewinae) from Thailand. Zootaxa 4531(2): 279–287, doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4531.2.9

Horgan, F.G., Almazan, M.L.P., Vu, Q., Ramal, A.F., Bernal, C.C., Yasui, H. and Fujita, D., (2018) Unanticipated benefits and potential ecological costs associated with pyramiding leafhopper resistance loci in rice. Crop Protection 115: 47–58, doi: 10.1016/j.cropro.2018.09.013 [Nephotettix spp]

Hu, J., Chang, X.Y., Zou, L., Tang, W.Q. and Wu, W.R., (2018) Identification and fine mapping of Bph33, a new brown planthopper resistance gene in rice (Oryza sativa L.). Rice 11, doi: 10.1186/s12284-018-0249-7

Jiang, Y.D., Yuan, X., Bai, Y.L., Wang, G.Y., Zhou, W.W. and Zhu, Z.R., (2018) Knockdown of timeless disrupts the circadian behavioral rhythms in Laodelphax striatellus (Hemiptera: Delphacidae). Environmental Entomology 47(5): 1216–1225, doi: 10.1093/ee/nvy095

Kamitani, S., (2018) First record of the alien bamboo leafhopper, Branchana xanthota, in Japan (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae). Zootaxa 4508(4): 579–581, doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4508.4.7

Lu, K., Zhang, X.Y., Chen, X., Li, Y., Li, W.R., Cheng, Y.B., Zhou, J.M., You, K.K. and Zhou, Q., (2018) Adipokinetic hormone receptor mediates lipid mobilization to regulate starvation resistance in the Brown Planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens. Frontiers in Physiology 9, doi: 10.3389/fphys.2018.01730

Lu, K., Zhou, J.M., Chen, X., Li, W.R., Li, Y., Cheng, Y.B., Yan, J., You, K.K., Yuan, Z.N. and Zhou, Q., (2018) Deficiency of Brummer Impaires lipid mobilization and JH-mediated vitellogenesis in the brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens. Frontiers in Physiology 9, doi: 10.3389/fphys.2018.01535

Lu, L., Webb, M.D. and Zhang, Y.L., (2018) A new leafhopper genus of subtribe Paraboloponina (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Drabescini), with description of two new species from Papua New Guinea. Zootaxa 4521(2): 281–286, doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4521.2.9 

Naveed, H. and Zhang, Y.L., (2018) Newly recorded leafhoppers of the subfamily Cicadellinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) with description of a new species from Pakistan. Zootaxa 4504(2): 285–295, doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4504.2.9

Pang, R., Chen, M., Yue, L., Xing, K., Li, T.C., Kang, K., Liang, Z.K., Yuan, L.Y. and Zhang, W.Q., (2018) A distinct strain of Arsenophonus symbiont decreases insecticide resistance in its insect host. PLoS Genetics 14(10), doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1007725 [host is brown planthopper]

Poniatowski, D., Hertenstein, F., Raude, N., Gottbehut, K., Nickel, H. and Fartmann, T., (2018) The invasion of Bromus erectus alters species diversity of vascular plants and leafhoppers in calcareous grasslands. Insect Conservation and Diversity 11(6): 578–586, doi: 10.1111/icad.12302

Rajgopal, N.N. and Meshram, N.M., (2018) Second species of unusual leafhopper genus Univagris (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from India. Zootaxa 4514(3): 425–430, doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4514.3.7

Salas-Munoz, S., Mauricio-Castillo, J.A., Dietrich, C.H., Creamer, R. and Reveles-Torres, L.R., (2018) First report of the leafhoppers Ceratagallia nitidula and Empoasca abrupta (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) as vectors of 'Candidatus Phytoplasma trifolii'. Plant Disease 102(12): 2636–2637, doi: 10.1094/PDIS-06-18-0975-PDN

Sarao, P.S. and Bentur, J.S., (2018) Quantification of antibiosis levels in nine different rice genotypes against Nilaparvata lugens (Homoptera: Delphacidae). International Journal of Tropical Insect Science 38(4): 330–339, doi: 10.1017/S1742758418000140

Shobharani, M., Viraktamath, C.A. and Webb, M.D., (2018) Revision of the penthimiine leafhopper genus Tambila Distant (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) of the Indian subcontinent. Zootaxa 4514(4): 501–515, doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4514.4.4

Sisterson, M.S. and Stenger, D.C., (2018) Effects of nymphal diet and adult feeding on allocation of resources to Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter egg production. Environmental Entomology 47(5): 1173–1183, doi: 10.1093/ee/nvy094

Song, S., Kim, S., Kwon, S.W., Lee, S.I. and Jablonski, P.G., (2018) Defense sequestration associated with narrowing of diet and ontogenetic change to aposematic colours in the spotted lanternfly. Scientific Reports 8, doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-34946-y

Wang, J.J., Yang, M.F., Dai, R.H., Li, H. and Wang, X.Y., (2018) Characterization and phylogenetic implications of the complete mitochondrial genome of Idiocerinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae). International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 120: 2366–2372, doi: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2018.08.191

Wang, X., Li, Q.L. and Wei, C., (2018) Comparative morphology of antennae in Cicadoidea (Insecta: Hemiptera), with respect to functional, taxonomic and phylogenetic implications. Zoologische Anzeiger 276: 57–70, doi: 10.1016/j.jcz.2018.05.003

Wang, X.D. and Zhang, Y.L., (2018) One new genus and three new species in the leafhopper tribe Coelidiini from the Neotropical Region (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Coelidiinae. Zookeys 794: 85–94, doi: 10.3897/zookeys.794.26474

Wang, Y., Dietrich, C.H. and Zhang, Y.L., (2018) Four new species of the leafhopper genus Riseveinus Li (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Evacanthinae) from China and Thailand. Zootaxa 4508(2): 259–266, doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4508.2.8

Wang, Y.L., Liu, Y.L., Zhang, J., Crickmore, N., Song, F.P., Gao, J.G. and Shu, C.L., (2018) Cry78Aa, a novel Bacillus thuringiensis insecticidal protein with activity against Laodelphax striatellus and Nilaparvata lugens. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 158: 1–5, doi: 10.1016/j.jip.2018.07.007

Xu, D.L. and Zhang, Y.L., (2018) Review of Indonesian species of the leafhopper genus Drabescus Stål (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) with description of two new species. Zootaxa 4524(4): 473–481, doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4524.4.4

Zhao, Y.H., Li, H., Wang, Q., Liu, J.T., Zhang, L.X., Mu, W., Xu, Y.Y., Zhang, Z.Q. and Gu, S.H., (2018) Identification and expression analysis of chemosensory genes in the tea green leafhopper, Empoasca onukii Matsuda. Journal of Applied Entomology 142(9): 828–846, doi: 10.1111/jen.12530

Zhuo, J.C., Hu, Q.L., Zhang, H.H., Zhang, M.Q., Jo, S.B. and Zhang, C.X., (2018) Identification and functional analysis of the doublesex gene in the sexual development of a hemimetabolous insect, the brown planthopper. Insect Biochemistry & Molecular Biology 102: 31–42, doi: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2018.09.007

Posted 2 November 2018

Al-Kindi, K.M., Al-Wahaibi, A.K., Kwan, P., Andrew, N.R., Welch, M., Al-Oufi, M. and Al-Hinai, Z., (2018) Predicting the potential geographical distribution of parasitic natural enemies of the Dubas bug (Ommatissus lybicus de Bergevin) using geographic information systems. Ecology and Evolution 8(16): 8297–8310, doi: 10.1002/ece3.4286

Andreason, S.A., Prabhaker, N., Castle, S.J., Ganjisaffar, F., Haviland, D.R., Stone-Smith, B. and Perring, T.M., (2018) Reduced susceptibility of Homalodisca vitripennis (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) to commonly applied insecticides. Journal of Economic Entomology 111(5): 2340–2348, doi: 10.1093/jee/toy192

Barrera, N.F., Melgarejo, L.M., Cruz-Gallego, M., Cortes, L.J., Guzman, F. and Calvo, J.C., (2018) Conformationally restricted peptides from rice proteins elicit antibodies that recognize the corresponding native protein in ELISA assays. Molecules 23(9), doi: 10.3390/molecules23092262 [Delphacidae: Tagosodes oryzicolus]

Bartlett, C.R., Dos Passos, E.M., Da Silva, F.G., Diniz, L.E.C. and Dollet, M., (2018) A new species of Oecleus Stal (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Cixiidae) from coconut in Brazil. Zootaxa 4472(2): 358–364, doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4472.2.8

Chang, Z.X., Akinyemi, I.A., Guo, D.Y. and Wu, Q.F., (2018) Characterization and comparative analysis of microRNAs in the rice pest Sogatella furcifera. PLoS ONE 13(9), doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0204517

Chen, J., Zhang, D.W., Jin, X., Xu, X.L. and Zeng, B.P., (2018) Characterization of the Akirin gene and its role in the NF-kappa B signaling pathway of Sogatella furcifera. Frontiers in Physiology 9, doi: 10.3389/fphys.2018.01411

Cherrill, A., Burkmar, R., Quenu, H. and Zentane, E., (2018) Suction duration and numbers of Araneae and Auchenorrhyncha collected in grassland when using an open-ended cylinder to define the sample area. Entomologica Fennica 29(3): 105–111. [unspecified leafhoppers and planthoppers]

Cuellar, W., (2018) Planthopper-transmitted tenuiviruses infecting rice in the Americas. Phytopathology 108(10-S), [Meeting abstract]

Dos Santos, A.C., Cavichioli, R.R., Takiya, D.M. and Mejdalani, G., (2018) Juliaca Melichar, 1926 (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellini): description of a new species from Southeastern Brazil and redescriptions of J. sertigerula (Jacobi, 1905) and J. xanthogramma (Signoret, 1854) comb. nov. Zootaxa 4472(1): 165–175, doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4472.1.9 

Fang, Y., Xie, P., Dong, C.H., Han, Y.Q., Tang, T., Liu, Y., Zhong, J., Bai, L.Y. and Zhou, X.M., (2018) Cross-resistance and baseline susceptibility of brown planthopper Nilaparvata lugens (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) from China to cycloxaprid. Journal of Economic Entomology 111(5): 2359–2363, doi: 10.1093/jee/toy222

Fang, Y.Q. and Xing, J.C., (2018) Review of the leafhopper genus Longicornus Li & Song (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) with description of two new species. Zootaxa 4462(3): 435–442, doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4462.3.9

Feng, L., Dietrich, C.H. and Zhang, Y.L., (2018) Two new species of Sochinsogonia (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellinae) from Philippines. Zootaxa 4486(3): 340–348, doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4486.3.6

Gavloski, J., (2018) Integrated management of sap feeding insects of pulse crops. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 111(4): 184–194, doi: 10.1093/aesa/say008 [includes potato leafhopper, Empoasca fabae]

Hemerik, L., Bianchi, F., van de Wiel, I., Fu, D.M., Zou, Y., Xiao, H.J. and van der Werf, W., (2018) Survival analysis of brown plant hoppers (Nilaparvata lugens) in rice using video recordings of predation events. Biological Control 127: 155–161, doi: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2018.08.023

Hu, C.X., Guo, J.L., Fu, X.W., Huang, Y.X., Gao, X.W. and Wu, K.M., (2018) Seasonal migration pattern of Nilaparvata lugens (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) over the Bohai Sea in northern China. Journal of Economic Entomology 111(5): 2129–2135, doi: 10.1093/jee/toy163

Huang, H.J., Cui, J.R., Guo, Y., Sun, J.T. and Hong, X.Y., (2018) Roles of LsCYP4DE1 in wheat adaptation and ethiprole tolerance in Laodelphax striatellus. Insect Biochemistry & Molecular Biology 101: 14–23, doi: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2018.07.003

Khan, M.M., Nawaz, M., Hua, H.X., Cai, W.L. and Zhao, J., (2018) Lethal and sublethal effects of emamectin benzoate on the rove beetle, Paederus fuscipes, a non-target predator of rice brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 165: 19–24, doi: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2018.08.047

Khoa, D.B., Thong, B.X., Liem, N.V., Hoist, N. and Kristensen, M., (2018) Variation in susceptibility of eight insecticides in the brown planthopper Nilaparvata lugens in three regions of Vietnam 2015-2017. PLoS ONE 13(10), doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0204962

Liu, Y., Bao, Y.X., Sun, S.S., Zheng, T.F., Lu, M.H., Xie, X.J. and Liu, W.C., (2018) Influence of the Asian summer monsoon on the migration phenology and population dynamics of Nilaparvata lugens (Stal) in China. Journal of Tropical Meteorology 24(1): 71–81, doi: 10.16555/j.1006-8775.2018.01.007

Lu, J.B., Luo, X.M., Zhang, X.Y., Pan, P.L. and Zhang, C.X., (2018) An ungrouped cuticular protein is essential for normal endocuticle formation in the brown planthopper. Insect Biochemistry & Molecular Biology 100: 1–9, doi: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2018.06.001

Luo, Q., Yang, L. and Chen, X.S., (2018) Review of the bamboo-feeding leafhopper genus Neomohunia, with descriptions of two new species from China (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Deltocephalinae, Mukariini). Zookeys(790): 101–113, doi: 10.3897/zookeys.790.26130

Mendez-Lopez, A., Cordova-Tellez, L., Sanchez-Vega, M., Salazar-Torres, J.C. and Garcia-Martinez, O., (2018) Diversity and abundance of leafhoppers in Jatropha curcas L., Mazatepec, Morelos, Mexico. Southwestern Entomologist 43(3): 733–741, doi: 10.3958/059.043.0319

Michalik, A., Szwedo, J., Stroinski, A., Swierczewski, D. and Szklarzewicz, T., (2018) Symbiotic cornucopia of the monophagous planthopper Ommatidiotus dissimilis (Fallen, 1806) (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Caliscelidae). Protoplasma 255(5): 1317–1329, doi: 10.1007/s00709-018-1234-0

Pietersen, G., Pietersen, G., Pietersen, I. and Stiller, M., (2018) Identification of Mgenia fuscovaria (Stal) (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae), a vector of Aster Yellows Disease on grapevines in South Africa, and differentiation from Mgenia angusta (Theron) by nucleotide sequences of the mitochondrial Cytochrome Oxidase I (cox1) gene. South African Journal of Enology and Viticulture 39(2): 176–179, doi: 10.21548/39-2-3157 

Pinedo-Escatel, J.A., Dietrich, C.H., McKamey, S. and Moya-Raygoza, G., (2018) Nomenclatural changes in the grass-feeding Mexican leafhopper genus Cocrassana Blocker & Larsen (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Athysanini). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 62(3): 176–179, doi: 10.1016/j.rbe.2018.06.004

Rakitov, R., (2018) Pronymphs, hatching, and proboscis assembly in leafhoppers and froghoppers (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae and Aphrophoridae). Arthropod Structure & Development 47(5): 529–541, doi: 10.1016/j.asd.2018.06.001

Sabato, E.D., Landau, E.C. and Barros, B.D.A., (2018) Effect of environmental temperature on transmission of mollicutes by Dalbulus maidis leafhopper in maize. Phytopathology 108(10-S). [Meeting abstract]

Saeed, R., Razaq, M., Rehman, H.M.U., Waheed, A. and Farooq, M., (2018) Evaluating action thresholds for Amrasca devastans (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) management on transgenic and conventional cotton across multiple planting dates. Journal of Economic Entomology 111(5): 2182–2191, doi: 10.1093/jee/toy161

Sanborn, A.F., (2018) The cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of Panama including the description of six new species, three new combinations, one new synonymy, and nine new records. Zootaxa 4493(1): 1–69, doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4493.1.1

Sheng, C.W., Casida, J.E., Durkin, K.A., Chen, F., Han, Z.J. and Zhao, C.Q., (2018) Fiprole insecticide resistance of Laodelphax striatellus: electrophysiological and molecular docking characterization of A2 ' N RDL GABA receptors. Pest Management Science 74(11): 2645–2651, doi: 10.1002/ps.5059

Srilopan, S., Bumrungsri, S. and Jantarit, S., (2018) The wrinkle-lipped free-tailed bat (Chaerephon plicatus Buchannan, 1800) feeds mainly on brown planthoppers in rice fields of central Thailand. Acta Chiropterologica 20(1): 207–219, doi: 10.3161/15081109ACC2018.20.1.016

Su, T.J. and Liang, A.P., (2018) Characterization of the complete mitochondrial genome of Phymatostetha huangshanensis (Hemiptera: Cercopidae) and phylogenetic analysis. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 119: 60–69, doi: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2018.07.135

Sun, S.S., Bao, Y.X., Zheng, T.F., Lu, M.H. and Xie, X.J., (2018) Impact of atmospheric low-frequency oscillation on the immigration of Nilaparvata lugens (Stål) in Hunan and Jiangxi provinces. Journal of Tropical Meteorology 24(2): 209–219, doi: 10.16555/j.1006-8775.2018.02.009

Wei, X.T. and Xing, J.C., (2018) Additions to the leafhopper genus Mimotettix (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Deltocephalinae) from Yunnan Province, China. Zookeys 786: 129–138, doi: 10.3897/zookeys.786.26402 

Xu, S., Zhou, Z.Y., Tian, L.H., Lu, H.Z., Luo, X.W. and Lan, Y.B., (2018) Study of the similarity and recognition between volatiles of brown rice plant hoppers and rice stem based on the electronic nose. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 152: 19–25, doi: 10.1016/j.compag.2018.06.047

Xu, S.Y., Long, J.K. and Chen, X.S., (2018) Two new species of genus Magadhaideus Long & Chen, 2017 from China (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Achilidae). Zookeys 787: 81–90, doi: 10.3897/zookeys.787.26057

Xu, T.T., Liu, Y.Q., Zhang, L., Liu, L.L., Wang, C.M., Hu, J.L., Sun, Z.G., Pan, G., Xiao, S.Z., He, J., Huang, J., Qiu, Z.Y., Fan, D.J., Jiang, L., Cheng, X.N., Zhai, H.Q. and Wan, J.M., (2018) Mapping of quantitative trait loci associated with rice black-streaked dwarf virus disease and its insect vector in rice (Oryza sativa L.). Plant Breeding 137(5): 698–705, doi: 10.1111/pbr.12620  [vector is Laodelphax striatellus]

Xue, Q.Q. and Zhang, Y.L., (2018) Two new genera and species of the leafhopper tribe Idiocerini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) and redescription of the type species of Paraidioscopus. Zootaxa 4472(1): 185–193, doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4472.1.11

Yang, M.L., Xu, Z.T., Zhao, W., Liu, Q., Li, Q., Lu, L., Liu, R.Y., Zhang, X.M. and Cui, F., (2018) Rice stripe virus-derived siRNAs play different regulatory roles in rice and in the insect vector Laodelphax striatellus. BMC Plant Biology 18, doi: 10.1186/s12870-018-1438-7

Yu, Y.C., Zhang, J., Huang, C., Hou, X.J., Sun, X.L. and Xiao, B., (2018) Reference genes selection for quantitative gene expression studies in tea green leafhoppers, Empoasca onukii Matsuda. PLoS ONE 13(10), doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0205182

Zhang, J.J., Li, Y., Guo, J.P., Du, B., He, G.C., Zhang, Y.J., Chen, R.Z. and Li, J.R., (2018) Lipid profiles reveal different responses to brown planthopper infestation for pest susceptible and resistant rice plants. Metabolomics 14(9), doi: 10.1007/s11306-018-1422-0

Zhou, J.M., Chen, X., Yan, J., You, K.K., Yuan, Z.N., Zhou, Q. and Lu, K., (2018) Brummer-dependent lipid mobilization regulates starvation resistance in Nilaparvata lugens. Archives of Insect Biochemistry & Physiology 99(2), doi: 10.1002/arch.21481

Posted 19 October 2018

Abbas, Nasir, Abbas, Naeem, Ejaz, M., Shad, S.A., Asghar, I., Irum, A. and Binyameen, M., Resistance in field populations of Amrasca devastans (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) to new insecticides in Southern Punjab, Pakistan. Phytoparasitica 46(4): 533–539, doi: 10.1007/s12600-018-0688-0

Arora, A.K., Pesko, K.N., Quintero-Hernandez, V., Possani, L.D., Miller, T.A. and Durvasula, R.V., (2018) A paratransgenic strategy to block transmission of Xylella fastidiosa from the glassy-winged sharpshooter Homalodisca vitripennis. BMC Biotechnology 18, doi: 10.1186/s12896-018-0460-z

Bagheri, A., Fathipour, Y., Seyahooei, M.A. and Zeinalabedini, M., (2018) Ecological niche modeling of Ommatissus lybicus (Hemiptera: Tropiduchidae) De Bergevin. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 111(3): 114–121, doi: 10.1093/aesa/say006

Bartlett, C.R., Deitz, L.L., Dmitriev, D.A., Sanborn, A.F., Soulier-Perkins, A. and Wallace, M.S., 2018. The diversity of the true hoppers (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha). In: R.G. Foottit and P.H. Adler (Editors), Insect Biodiversity: Science and Society. John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, New Jersey, pp. 501–590.

Bruzzone, O.A., Logarzo, G.A., Aguirre, M.B. and Virla, E.G., (2018) Intra-host interspecific larval parasitoid competition solved using modelling and bayesian statistics. Ecological Modelling 385: 114–123, doi: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2018.07.011  [includes Tapajosa rubromarginata]

Bugti, G.A., Na, C., Bin, W. and Feng, L.H., (2018) Control of plant sap-sucking insects using entomopathogenic fungi Isaria fumosorosea strain (Ifu13a). Plant Protection Science 54(4): 258–264, doi: 10.17221/118/2017-PPS  [includes Kacobiasca formosana]

Cervantes, F.A. and Backus, E.A., (2018) EPG waveform library for Graphocephala atropunctata (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae): Effect of adhesive, input resistor, and voltage levels on waveform appearance and stylet probing behaviors. Journal of Insect Physiology 109: 21–40, doi: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2018.05.008

Constant, J., (2018) Review of the Maluku Islands species of the lanternfly genus Birdantis Stal, 1863, with a new species and identification key (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoridae). European Journal of Taxonomy 461: 1–20, doi: 10.5852/ejt.2018.461

Cowles, K.N., Groves, R.L. and Barak, J.D., (2018) Leafhopper-induced activation of the jasmonic acid response benefits Salmonella enterica in a flagellum-dependent manner. Frontiers in Microbiology 9, doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.01987 [Macrosteles quadrilineatus]

Daane, K.M., Hogg, B.N., Wilson, H. and Yokota, G.Y., (2018) Native grass ground covers provide multiple ecosystem services in Californian vineyards. Journal of Applied Ecology 55(5): 2473–2483, doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.13145 [Erythroneura spp]

Daravath, V., Chander, S. and Sagar, D., (2018) Impact of elevated carbon dioxide on the protective enzymes in brown planthopper (Nilaparvata lugens) and infested rice (Oryza sativa) plants. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 88(9): 1366–1370, doi:

Duan, Y. and Dietrich, C.H., (2018) Notes on the Neotropical leafhopper subgenus Amplicephalus (Nanctasus) Linnavuori (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Deltocephalini) with description of two new species. Zootaxa 4455(3): 555–562, doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4455.3.11 

Duan, Y.N. and Dietrich, C.H., (2018) A new species of Polyamia DeLong (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Deltocephalini) representing the first record of the genus from South America. Zootaxa 4457(4): 557–567, doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4457.4.5

Ge, Y.F., Han, J.Y., Zhou, G.X., Xu, Y.M., Ding, Y., Shi, M., Guo, C.K. and Wu, G., (2018) Silencing of miR156 confers enhanced resistance to brown planthopper in rice. Planta 248(4): 813–826, doi: 10.1007/s00425-018-2942-6

Ghodoum Parizipour, M.H., Ramazani, L. and Pakdaman Sardrood, B., (2018) Temperature affected transmission, symptom development and accumulation of Wheat Dwarf Virus. Plant Protection Science 54(4): 222–233, doi: 10.17221/147/2017-PPS [vector is Psammotettix alienus]

Goncalves, C.C., Takiya, D.M. and Mejdalani, G., (2018) Two new species of Polana (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Iassinae: Gyponini) and redescription of Polana (Striapona) desela. Zootaxa 4457(1): 143–155, doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4457.1.7

Gong, N., Yang, L. and Chen, X.S., (2018) Youtuus, a new bamboo-feeding genus of the tribe Augilini with two new species from China (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Caliscelidae). Zookeys 783: 85–96, doi: 10.3897/zookeys.783.25.135 

Guo, Y., Hoffmann, A.A., Xu, X.Q., Mo, P.W., Huang, H.J., Gong, J.T., Ju, J.F. and Hong, X.Y., (2018) Vertical transmission of Wolbachia is associated with host Vitellogenin in Laodelphax striatellus. Frontiers in Microbiology 9, doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02016

Hao, P.Y., Ma, Y., Feng, Y.L., Lu, C.F. and Yu, X.P., (2018) NlCDK1 gene is required for the ovarian development and survival of the brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens Stal, as revealed by RNA interference. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 21(1): 316–321, doi: 10.1016/j.aspen.2018.01.013

He, P., Engsontia, P., Chen, G.L., Yin, Q., Wang, J., Lu, X., Zhang, Y.N., Li, Z.Q. and He, M., (2018) Molecular characterization and evolution of a chemosensory receptor gene family in three notorious rice planthoppers, Nilaparvata lugens, Sogatella furcifera and Laodelphax striatellus, based on genome and transcriptome analyses. Pest Management Science 74(9): 2156–2167, doi: 10.1002/ps.4912

Horgan, F.G., Bernal, C.C., Vu, Q., Almazan, M.L.P., Ramal, A.F., Yasui, H. and Fujita, D., (2018) Virulence adaptation in a rice leafhopper: Exposure to ineffective genes compromises pyramided resistance. Crop Protection 113: 40–47, doi: 10.1016/j.cropro.2018.07.010 [Nephotettix virescens]

Krugner, R. and Gordon, S.D., (2018) Mating disruption of Homalodisca vitripennis (Germar) (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) by playback of vibrational signals in vineyard trellis. Pest Management Science 74(9): 2013–2019, doi: 10.1002/ps.4930

Kunz, G., Holzinger, W.E. and Soulier-Perkins, A., (2018) Fieber's unpublished colour plates allow reassessing some of his Cixius species (Insecta: Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Cixiidae). Zootaxa 4482(1): 91–110, doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4482.1.3 

Kwon, D.H., Jeong, I.H., Hong, S.J., Jung, M.P., Kim, K.S., Lee, S.W. and Lee, S.H., (2018) Incidence and occurrence profiles of the small brown planthopper (Laodelphax striatellus Fallen) in Korea in 2011–2015. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 21(1): 293–300, doi: 10.1016/j.aspen.2018.01.005

Kwon, D.H., Jeong, I.H., Lee, S.W. and Lee, S.H., (2018) Comparing the genetic diversity and structure of indigenous Korean and Chinese populations of Laodelphax striatellus Fallen using mitochondrial haplotypes. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 21(1): 233–238, doi: 10.1016/j.aspen.2017.12.004

Liang, A.W., Zhang, H., Lin, J. and Wang, F.H., (2018) De novo assembly and analysis of the White-Backed Planthopper (Sogatella furcifera) transcriptome. Journal of Insect Science 18(4), doi: 10.1093/jisesa/iey074

Liang, Z.K., Pang, R., Dong, Y., Sun, Z.X., Ling, Y. and Zhang, W.Q., (2018) Identification of SNPs involved in regulating a novel alternative transcript of P450 CYP6ER1 in the brown planthopper. Insect Science 25(5): 726–738, doi: 10.1111/1744-7917.12472

Liu, S.H., Yang, B.J., Wang, A.Y., Luo, J. and Tang, J., (2018) The white gene in Nilaparvata lugens and its expression pattern under two different survival stresses. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 21(2): 701–707, doi: 10.1016/j.aspen.2018.04.010

Lu, L. and Zhang, Y.L., (2018) Abcoronalis protrusus, a new paraboloponine genus and species (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Drabescini) from Borneo. Zootaxa 4459(2): 387–394, doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4459.2.11

Ma, J., Wang, Y.C., Hu, Y.Y., Lu, M.H., Wan, G.J., Chen, F.J., Liu, W.C., Zhai, B.P. and Hu, G., (2018) Brown planthopper Nilaparvata lugens was concentrated at the rear of the typhoon Soudelor in Eastern China in August 2015. Insect Science 25(5): 916–926, doi: 10.1111/1744-7917.12462

Matsumoto, Y. and Hattori, M., (2018) The green rice leafhopper, Nephotettix cincticeps (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae), salivary protein NcSP75 is a key effector for successful phloem ingestion. PLoS ONE 13(9), doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0202492

Moir, M.L., Renton, M., Hoffmann, B.D., Leng, M.C. and Lach, L., (2018) Development and testing of a standardized method to estimate honeydew production. PLoS ONE 13(8), doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0201845 [includes 6 species of Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae, 2 species of Delphacidae and 1 species of Membracidae]

Naveed, H. and Zhang, Y.L., (2018) A key to species of the leafhopper genus Tambocerus (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Deltocephalinae) with description of a new species from Pakistan. Zootaxa 4462(2): 237–244.

Naveed, H. and Zhang, Y.L., (2018) Leafhopper genus Nirvana Kirkaldy (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Evacanthinae) newly recorded from Pakistan with description of a new species. Zootaxa 4459(1): 188–192, doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4459.1.10

Naveed, H. and Zhang, Y.L., (2018) Review of the genus Jilinga Ghauri (Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Paralimnini) in Pakistan with description of two new species. Zootaxa 4457(4): 568–576, doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4457.4.6

Naveed, H. and Zhang, Y.L., (2018) Review of the leafhopper tribe Macrostelini Kirkaldy (Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) in Pakistan with description of a new species. Zootaxa 4462(2): 257–273, doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4462.2.8

Naveed, H. and Zhang, Y.L., (2018) Revision of the leafhopper genus Gurawa (Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Chiasmini) from Pakistan with description of a new species. Zootaxa 4450(4): 481–488, doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4450.4.6

Nieri, R. and Mazzoni, V., (2018) The reproductive strategy and the vibrational duet of the leafhopper Empoasca vitis. Insect Science 25(5): 869–882, doi: 10.1111/1744-7917.12454

Pan, G., Liu, Y.Q., Ji, L.S., Zhang, X., He, J., Huang, J., Qiu, Z.Y., Liu, D.M., Sun, Z.G., Xu, T.T., Liu, L.L., Wang, C.M., Jiang, L., Cheng, X.N. and Wan, J.M., (2018) Brassinosteroids mediate susceptibility to brown planthopper by integrating with the salicylic acid and jasmonic acid pathways in rice. Journal of Experimental Botany 69(18): 4433–4442, doi: 10.1093/jxb/ery223

Qin, F.L., Liu, W.W., Wu, N., Zhang, L., Zhang, Z.K., Zhou, X.P. and Wang, X.F., (2018) Invasion of midgut epithelial cells by a persistently transmitted virus is mediated by sugar transporter 6 in its insect vector. PLoS Pathogens 14(7), doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1007201 [Laodelphax striatellus]

Rigamonti, I.E., Mariani, L., Cola, G., Jermini, M. and Baumgartner, J., (2018) Abrupt and gradual temperature changes influence on the climatic suitability of Northwestern Alpine grapevine-growing regions for the invasive grape leafhopper Scaphoideus titanus Ball (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae). Acta Oecologica - International Journal of Ecology 91(22–29), doi: 10.1016/j.actao.2018.05.007

Safarova, D., Lauterer, P., Stary, M., Valova, P. and Navratil, M., (2018) Insight into epidemiological importance of phytoplasma vectors in vineyards in South Moravia, Czech Republic. Plant Protection Science 54(4): 234–239.  [Hyalesthes obsoletus]

Schneider, N.A., de Azevedo, W.S. and Giacomelli, F., (2018) Population fluctuation and faunistic analysis of sharpshooters (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellinae) in plum orchards in the municipality of Protasio Alves, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 90(4): 269–282, doi: 10.2317/JKES150406.1

Song, N., Cai, W.Z. and Li, H., (2018) Insufficient power of mitogenomic data in resolving the auchenorrhynchan monophyly. Zoological Journal of the Linnaean Society 183(4): 776–790, doi: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx096 

Song, Z.S., Bartlett, C.R., O'Brien, L.B., Liang, A.P. and Bourgoin, T., (2018) Morphological phylogeny of Dictyopharidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha). Systematic Entomology 43(4): 637–658, doi: 10.1111/syen.12293

Song, Z.S., Malenovsky, I., Chen, J.Q., Deckert, J. and Liang, A.P., (2018) Taxonomic review of the planthopper genus Orthopagus (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Dictyopharidae), with descriptions of two new species. Zoosystematics and Evolution 94(2): 369–391, doi: 10.3897/zse.94.26895 

Sun, X.Q., Gong, Y.H., Ali, S. and Hou, M.L., (2018) Mechanisms of resistance to thiamethoxam and dinotefuran compared to imidacloprid in the brown planthopper: Roles of cytochrome P450 monooxygenase and a P450 gene CYP6ER1. Pesticide Biochemistry & Physiology 150: 17–26, doi: 10.1016/j.pestbp.2018.06.014

Sun, Z.X., Shi, Q., Xu, C.C., Wang, R.M., Wang, H.H., Song, Y.Y. and Zeng, R.S., (2018) Regulation of NlE74A on vitellogenin may be mediated by angiotensin converting enzyme through a fecundity-related SNP in the brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A - Molecular and Integrative Physiology 225: 26–32, doi: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2018.06.009

Tishechkin, D.Y., (2018) Contributions to the study of Idiocerinae (Homoptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae) of Central Asia with notes on synonymy. Zootaxa 4446(4): 541–554, doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4446.4.7

Tishechkin, D.Y., (2018) On the taxonomic structure and variability of Macropsidius involutus Dlabola, 1963 (Homoptera: Cicadellidae: Macropsinae)-morphology and calling signal pattern. Zootaxa 4455(3): 486–498, doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4455.3.5 

Wallace, M.S., (2018) A new species of Telamonini from the eastern United States and the taxonomic limits of Telamona salvini Distant (Hemiptera: Membracidae: Smiliinae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 120(3): 605–615, doi: 10.4289/0013-8797.120.3.605

Wang, H.Y., Shi, S.J., Guo, Q., Nie, L.Y., Du, B., Chen, R.Z., Zhu, L.L. and He, G.C., (2018) High-resolution mapping of a gene conferring strong antibiosis to brown planthopper and developing resistant near-isogenic lines in 9311 background. Molecular Breeding 38(8), doi: 10.1007/s11032-018-0859-1

Wang, Q.J., Li, J.J., Dang, C., Chang, X.F., Fang, Q., Stanley, D. and Ye, G.Y., (2018) Rice dwarf virus infection alters green rice leafhopper host preference and feeding behavior. PLoS ONE 13(9), doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0203364

Wang, X.Y., Liu, Q.S., Meissle, M., Peng, Y.F., Wu, K.M., Romeis, J. and Li, Y.H., (2018) Bt rice could provide ecological resistance against nontarget planthoppers. Plant Biotechnology Journal 16(10): 1748–1755, doi: 10.1111/pbi.12911

Wang, Z., Zhou, C., Long, G.Y., Yang, H. and Jin, D.C., (2018) Sublethal effects of buprofezin on development, reproduction, and chitin synthase 1 gene (SfCHS1) expression in the white-backed planthopper, Sogatella furcifera (Hemiptera: Delphacidae). Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 21(2): 585–591, doi: 10.1016/j.aspen.2018.03.009

Xu, Y., Lu, S.H., Dietrich, C.H. and Qin, D.Z., (2018) Descriptions of two new leafhopper species of the genus Flaviata Lu & Qin (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Typhlocybinae) from Southern China, with a key to known species. Zootaxa 4457(4): 577–582, doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4457.4.7

Zhang, B., Chi, W.F. and Webb, M.D., (2018) Description of two new idiocerine leafhoppers of the genus Chinaocerus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from southwestern China. Zootaxa 4457(4): 583–588, doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4457.4.8 

Zhang, T., Feng, W.D., Ye, J.J., Li, Z.B. and Zhou, G.H., (2018) Metabolomic changes in Sogatella furcifera under southern rice black-streaked dwarf virus infection and temperature stress. Viruses-Basel 10(7), doi: 10.3390/v10070344

Zhang, X., Ren, D. and Yao, Y.Z., (2018) A new genus and species of Mimarachnidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoroidea) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research 90: 168–173, doi: 10.1016/j.cretres.2018.04.012

Zhang, Z.G., Chang, Z.M. and Chen, X.S., (2018) A new species of the genus Euxaldar Fennah, 1978 from China (Hemiptera, Fulgoroidea, Issidae). Zookeys 781: 51–58, doi: 10.3897/zookeys.781.27059

Posted 15 August 2018

Ahmad, M.N., Shariff, A.R.M. and Moslim, R., (2018) Monitoring insect pest infestation via different spectroscopic techniques. Applied Spectroscopy Reviews 53(10): 836–853, doi: 10.1080/05704928.2018.1445094 [unspecified leafhoppers]

Akmal, M., Freed, S., Dietrich, C.H., Mehmood, M. and Razaq, M., (2018) Patterns of genetic differentiation among populations of Amrasca biguttula biguttula (Shiraki) (Cicadellidae: Hemiptera). Mitochondrial DNA Part A 29(6): 897–904, doi: 10.1080/24701394.2017.1383405

Amiune, M.J., Luft Albarracin, E. and Catalano, M.I., (2018) Egg parasitoids of the leafhopper Rhabdotalebra flava Catalano (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) on Handroanthus in Argentina. Revista de la Sociedad Entomologica Argentina 77(2): 52–55, doi: 10.25085/rsea.770208

Balakishiyeva, G., Bayramova, J., Mammadov, A., Salar, P., Danet, J.L., Ember, I., Verdin, E., Foissac, X. and Huseynova, I., (2018) Important genetic diversity of 'Candidatus Phytoplasma solani' related strains associated with bois noir grapevine yellows and planthoppers in Azerbaijan. European Journal of Plant Pathology 151(4): 937–946, doi: 10.1007/s10658-018-1429-4

Bartlett, C.R. and Kennedy, A.C., (2018) A review of New World Malaxa (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Delphacidae). Zootaxa 4441(3): 511–528, doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4441.3.5

Cao, Q., Xu, W.Y., Gao, Q., Jiang, Z.H., Liu, S.Y., Fang, X.D., Gao, D.M., Wang, Y. and Wang, X.B., (2018) Transmission characteristics of Barley Yellow Striate Mosaic Virus in its planthopper vector Laodelphax striatellus. Frontiers in Microbiology 9, doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.01419

Cao, Y.H., Yang, M.X., Lin, S.H. and Zhang, Y.L., (2018) Review of the leafhopper genus Anufrievia Dworakowska (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Erythroneurini). Zootaxa 4446(2): 203–232, doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4446.2.2

Chen, X., He, X.R., Wang, W.W., Zhou, P.Y., Lou, Y.G. and Wu, J., (2018) Furan carbonylhydrazones-derived elicitors that induce the resistance of rice to the brown planthopper Nilaparvata lugens. Phytochemistry Letters 26: 184–189, doi: 10.1016/j.phytol.2018.06.001

Choudhary, J.S., Naaz, N., Das, B., Bhatt, B.P. and Prabhakar, C.S., (2018) Complete mitochondrial genome of ldioscopus nitidulus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae). Mitochondrial DNA. Part B - Resources 3(1): 191–192, doi: 10.1080/23802359.2018.1437798

Cooperband, M.F., Mack, R. and Spichiger, S.E., (2018) Chipping to destroy egg masses of the Spotted Lanternfly, Lycorma delicatula (Hemiptera: Fulgoridae). Journal of Insect Science 18(3), doi: 10.1093/jisesa/iey049

Cornara, D., Garzo, E., Morente, M., Moreno, A., Alba-Tercedor, J. and Fereres, A., (2018) EPG combined with micro-CT and video recording reveals new insights on the feeding behavior of Philaenus spumarius. PLoS ONE 13(7), doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0199154

Cui, B.B. and Wei, C., (2018) Ultrastructure of spermatozoa in three cicada species from China Hemiptera, Cicadomorpha, Cicadidae). Zookeys(776): 61–80, doi: 10.3897/zookeys.776.26966

Dai, R.H., Wang, J.J. and Yang, M.F., (2018) The complete mitochondrial genome of the leafhopper Idioscopus clypealis (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Idiocerinae). Mitochondrial DNA. Part B - Resources 3(1): 32–33, doi: 10.1080/23802359.2017.1419083

Favaro, R., Roved, J., Girolami, V., Martinez-Sanudo, I. and Mazzon, L., (2018) Host instar influence on offspring sex ratio and female preference of Neodryinus typhlocybae (Ashmead) (Hymenoptera, Dryinidae) parasitoid of Metcalfa pruinosa (Say) (Homoptera, Flatidae). Biological Control 125(113–120), doi: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2018.05.009

Freytag, P.H., (2018) A new species of Daveyoungana (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Iassinae) from French Guiana. Entomological News 127(5): 487–489.

Freytag, P.H., (2018) A new species of Scaroidana (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Iassinae) from Colombia. Entomological News 127(5): 499–501.

Gibson, J.S. and Cocroft, R.B., (2018) Vibration-guided mate searching in treehoppers: directional accuracy and sampling strategies in a complex sensory environment. Journal of Experimental Biology 221(6), doi: 10.1242/jeb.175083

Gong, N., Yang, L. and Chen, X.S., (2018) Two new species of the bamboo-feeding genus Bambusicaliscelis Chen & Zhang, 2011 from China (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Caliscelidae). Zookeys(776): 81–89, doi: 10.3897/zookeys.776.24355

Han, Y.Q., Wu, C., Yang, L., Zhang, D.Y. and Xiao, Y.T., (2018) Resistance to Nilaparvata lugens in rice lines introgressed with the resistance genes Bph14 and Bph15 and related resistance types. PLoS ONE 13(6), doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0198630

Hu, C.X. and Cao, L.Z., (2018) Bibliometric and visual analysis of planthopper research between 1980 and 2017. Current Science 114(12): 2445–2452, doi: 10.18520/cs/v114/i12/2445-2452

Huang, Y.X. and Qin, D.Z., (2018) Sequencing and analysis of the compete mitochondrial genome of Changeondelphax velitchkovskyi (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea). Mitochondrial DNA. Part B - Resources 3(1): 90–91, doi: 10.1080/23802359.2017.1422407

Jiang, T., Szwedo, J. and Wang, B., (2018) A giant fossil Mimarachnidae planthopper from the mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha). Cretaceous Research 89: 183–190, doi: 10.1016/j.cretres.2018.03.020

Jiang, Y.Y. and Lin, X.D., (2018) Role of ABC transporters White, Scarlet and Brown in brown planthopper eye pigmentation. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B - Biochemistry & Molecular Biology 221: 1–10, doi: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2018.04.003

Jing, S.L., Zhao, Y., Du, B., Chen, R.Z., Zhu, L.L. and He, G.C., (2018) Corrigendum to Genomics of interaction between the brown planthopper and rice (2017. vol 19, p.82). Current Opinion in Insect Science 27: 118, doi: 10.1016/j.cois.2018.01.002

Kobialka, M., Michalik, A. and Szklarzewicz, T., (2018) An unusual symbiotic system in Elymana kozhevnikovi (Zachvatkin, 1938) and Elymana sulphurella (Zetterstedt, 1828) (Insecta, Hemiptera, Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae). Folia Biologica Krakow 66(1): 13–24, doi: 10.3409/fb_66-1.02

Kreyci, P.F., Eckstein, B., Lopes, J.R.S., Ferreira, J. and Bedendo, I.P., (2018) Transmission of "Candidatus Phytoplasma pruni"-related strain associated with broccoli stunt by four species of leafhoppers. Journal of Phytopathology 166(7–8): 502–505, doi: 10.1111/jph.12710 [Agallia albidula, Agalliana sticticollis, Atanus nitidus, Balclutha hebe]

Kusumawati, L., Chumwong, P., Jamboonsri, W., Wanchana, S., Siangliw, J.L., Siangliw, M., Khanthong, S., Vanavichit, A., Kamolsukyeunyong, W. and Toojinda, T., (2018) Candidate genes and molecular markers associated with brown planthopper (Nilaparvata lugens Stal) resistance in rice cultivar Rathu Heenati. Molecular Breeding 38(7), doi: 10.1007/s11032-018-0847-5

Lin, X.D., Xu, Y.L., Jiang, J.R., Lavine, M. and Lavine, L.C., (2018) Host quality induces phenotypic plasticity in a wing polyphenic insect. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 115(29): 7563–7568, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1721473115 [Brown planthopper]

Malathi, V.M., More, R.P., Anandham, R., Gracy, G.R., Mohan, M., Venkatesan, T., Samaddar, S., Jalali, S.K. and Sa, T., (2018) Gut bacterial diversity of insecticide-susceptible and -resistant nymphs of the Brown Planthopper Nilaparvata lugens Stal (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) and elucidation of their putative functional roles. Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 28(6): 976–986, doi: 10.4014/jmb.1711.11039

Matsuura, Y., Moriyama, M., Lukasik, P., Vanderpool, D., Tanahashi, M., Meng, X.Y., McCutcheon, J.P. and Fukatsu, T., (2018) Recurrent symbiont recruitment from fungal parasites in cicadas. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 115(26): E5970–E5979, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1803245115

Ren, M.M., Niu, J.G., Hu, B., Wei, Q., Zheng, C., Tian, X.R., Gao, C.F., He, B.J., Dong, K. and Su, J.Y., (2018) Block of Kir channels by flonicamid disrupts salivary and renal excretion of insect pests. Insect Biochemistry & Molecular Biology 99: 17–26, doi: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2018.05.007 [Nilaparvata lugens]

Strydom, E. and Pietersen, G., (2018) Development of a strand-specific RT-PCR to detect the positive sense replicative strand of Soybean blotchy mosaic virus. Journal of Virological Methods 259: 39–44, doi: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2018.05.014 [vector is Peragallia caboverdensis]

Suludere, Z., Lavigne, R. and Acikgoz, F.B., (2018) First record of accidental contamination of Asilidae (Insecta: Diptera) with brochosomes. Entomological News 127(5): 413–417, doi:

Tangkawanit, U., Hinmo, N. and Khlibsuwan, W., (2018) Role of different habitats for the functional response of Crytorrhinus lividipennis (Hemiptera: Miridae) on Nilaparvata lugens (Hemiptera: Delphacidae). Biocontrol Science & Technology 28(7): 663–671, doi: 10.1080/09583157.2018.1477116

Utzeri, V.J., Schiavo, G., Ribani, A., Tinarelli, S., Bertolini, F., Bovo, S. and Fontanesi, L., (2018) Entomological signatures in honey: an environmental DNA metabarcoding approach can disclose information on plant-sucking insects in agricultural and forest landscapes. Scientific Reports 8, doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-27933-w [includes Metcalfa pruinosa]

Vu, Q., Ramal, A.F., Villegas, J.M., Jamoralin, A., Bernal, C.C., Pasang, J.M., Almazan, M.L.P., Ramp, D., Settele, J. and Horgan, F.G., (2018) Enhancing the parasitism of insect herbivores through diversification of habitat in Philippine rice fields. Paddy and Water Environment 16(2): 379–390, doi: 10.1007/s10333-018-0662-y [includes Nilaparvata lugens]

Wang, X.Y., Wu, Y.F. and Dai, R.H., (2018) Three new species of the leafhopper subfamily Iassinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from China. Zootaxa 4442(3): 378–388, doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4442.3.2

Wu, Q.L., Westbrook, J.K., Hu, G., Lu, M.H., Liu, W.C.S., G.A. and Zhai, B.P., (2018) Multiscale analyses on a massive immigration process of Sogatella furcifera (Horvath) in south-central China: influences of synoptic-scale meteorological conditions and topography. International Journal of Biometeorology 62(8): 1389–1406, doi: 10.1007/s00484-018-1538-y

Xing, J.C., (2018) Key to species of the genus Xenovarta Viraktamath (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) with description of a new species from China Zootaxa 4441(1): 195–200, doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4441.1.12

Xu, W.M., Zhang, M., Wei, K., Chen, Y., Liu, Q., Xue, W., Jin, L.H., He, M., Chen, Z. and Zeng, S., (2018) Development and evaluation of pymetrozine controlled-release formulation to control paddy planthopper. RSC Advances 8(40): 22687–22693, doi: 10.1039/c8ra03516d

Yoshikawa, K., Matsukawa, M. and Tanaka, T., (2018) Viral infection induces different detoxification enzyme activities in insecticide-resistant and -susceptible brown planthopper Nilaparvata lugens strains. Journal of Pesticide Science 43(1–2): 10–17, doi: 10.1584/jpestics.D17-052

Zhang, B. and Wang, C.F., (2018) Henanocerus lineatus gen. nov and sp nov., a new leafhopper feeding on Populus tomentosa Carriere from China (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae). Zootaxa 4442(4): 584–588, doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4442.4.7

Zhang, X., Ding, J., Xu, B., Ge, L.Q., Yang, G.Q. and Wu, J.C., (2018) Long chain fatty acid coenzyme A ligase (FACL) regulates triazophos-induced stimulation of reproduction in the small brown planthopper (SBPH), Laodelphax striatellus (Fallen). Pesticide Biochemistry & Physiology 148: 81–86, doi: 10.1016/j.pestbp.2018.04.002

Zhu, J.J., Jiang, F., Wang, X.H., Yang, P.C., Bao, Y.Y., Zhao, W., Wang, W., Lu, H., Wang, Q.S., Cui, N., Li, J., Chen, X.F., Luo, L., Yu, J.T., Kang, L. and Cui, F., (2018) Genome sequence of the small brown planthopper, Laodelphax striatellus. Gigascience 6(12), doi: 10.1093/gigascience/gix109

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Adam, N., Kallenbach, M., Meldau, S., Veit, D., van Dam, N.M., Baldwin, I.T. and Schuman, M.C., (2018) Functional variation in a key defense gene structures herbivore communities and alters plant performance. PLoS ONE 13(6), doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0197221. [Empoasca spp]

Alma, A., Lessio, F., Gonella, E., Picciau, L., Mandrioli, M. and Tota, F., (2018) New insights in phytoplasma-vector interaction: acquisition and inoculation of flavescence doree phytoplasma by Scaphoideus titanus adults in a short window of time. Annals of Applied Biology 173(1): 55–62, doi: 10.1111/aab.12433.

Baek, S.H., Joung, O., Lee, H.Y., Shin, J.C., Choi, W.S., Lee, T.H., Hwang, J.S., Nam, S.H., Son, H.U. and Lee, S.H., (2018) Anti-oxidative fraction of Lycorma delicatula alleviates inflammatory indicators. Natural Product Communications 13(4): 431–434.

Bagheri, A., Fathipour, Y., Askari-Seyahooei, M. and Zeinalabedini, M., (2018) Ommatissus lybicus (Hemiptera: Tropiduchidae), an economically important pest of date palm (Arecaceae) with highly divergent populations. Canadian Entomologist 150(3): 378–392, doi: 10.4039/tce.2018.12.

Bernal, J.S. and Medina, R.F., (2018) Agriculture sows pests: how crop domestication, host shifts, and agricultural intensification can create insect pests from herbivores. Current Opinion in Insect Science 26: 76–81, doi: 10.1016/j.cois.2018.01.008. [includes Dalbulus maidis]

Campodonico, J.F., (2018) New genus and species of brachypterous planthopper of the tribe Elicini (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Tropiduchidae) from Chile. Zootaxa 4413(3): 586–592, doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4413.3.12.

Cornara, D., Bosco, D. and Fereres, A., (2018) Philaenus spumarius: when an old acquaintance becomes a new threat to European agriculture. Journal of Pest Science 91(3): 957–972, doi: 10.1007/s10340-018-0966-0.

Domahovski, A.C. and Cavichioli, R.R., (2018) Two new species of Polana (Hobemanella) (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Gyponini) and key to species. Zoologia 35, doi: 10.3897/zoologia.35.e13882.

Ewart, A., (2018) Two new genera and five new species of Mugadina-like small grass cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadettini) from Central and Eastern Australia: comparative morphology, songs, behaviour and distributions. Zootaxa 4413(1): 1–56.

Fu, Y.Z. and Huang, D.Y., (2018) New fossil genus and species of Sinoalidae (Hemiptera: Cercopoidea) from the Middle to Upper Jurassic deposits in northeastern China. European Journal of Entomology 115: 127–133, doi: 10.14411/eje.2018.011.

Galetto, L., Abba, S., Rossi, M., Vallino, M., Pesando, M., Arricau-Bouvery, N., Dubrana, M.P., Chitarra, W., Pegoraro, M., Bosco, D. and Marzachi, C., (2018) Two phytoplasmas elicit different responses in the insect vector Euscelidius variegatus Kirschbaum. Infection and Immunity 86(5), doi: 10.1128/IAI.00042-18.

Gnezdilov, V.M., (2018) A new genus representing a new tribe of the family Issidae (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Fulgoroidea) from the forest canopy of French Guiana. Zoosystematica Rossica 27(1): 122–129.

Gnezdilov, V.M., (2018) On the taxonomic position of Vindilis fornicata Stål, 1870 (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Fulgoroidea: Issidae). Zoosystematica Rossica 27(1): 130–136.

Gnezdilov, V.M., (2018) To the revision of the genus Thionia Stål (Hemiptera, Fulgoroidea, Issidae), with description of new genera and new subtribe. Zootaxa 4434(1): 158–170, doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4434.1.10.

Gnezdilov, V.M. and Dmitriev, D.A., (2018) Proposed designation of a neotype for Issus longipennis Spinola, 1839, the type species of Thionia Stål, 1859 (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Fulgoroidea: Issidae). Zoosystematica Rossica 27(1): 137–141.

Gonella, E., Crotti, E., Mandrioli, M., Daffonchio, D. and Alma, A., (2018) Asaia symbionts interfere with infection by Flavescence doree phytoplasma in leafhoppers. Journal of Pest Science 91(3): 1033–1046, doi: 10.1007/s10340-018-0973-1. [Scaphoideus titanus]

Guru-Pirasanna-Pandi, G., Chander, S., Pal, M. and Soumia, P.S., (2018) Impact of elevated CO2 on Oryza sativa phenology and brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) population. Current Science 114(8): 1767–1777, doi: 10.18520/cs/v114/i08/1767-1777.

Hao, P.Y., Feng, Y.L., Zhou, Y.S., Song, X.M., Li, H.L., Ma, Y., Ye, C.L. and Yu, X.P., (2018) Schaftoside interacts with NICDK1 protein: A mechanism of rice resistance to brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens. Frontiers in Plant Science 9, doi: 10.3389/fpls.2018.00710.

Horgan, F.G., (2018) Integrating gene deployment and crop management for improved rice resistance to Asian planthoppers. Crop Protection 110: 21–33, doi: 10.1016/j.cropro.2018.03.013.

Huang, M., Kang, J.X. and Zhang, Y.L., (2018) First record and new species of the Oriental leafhopper genus Trifida Thapa & Sohi (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from China. Zootaxa 4420(4): 593–599, doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4420.4.10.

Huang, Y.X. and Qin, D.Z., (2018) First mitogenome for the tribe Saccharosydnini (Hemiptera: Delphacidae: Delphacinae) and the phylogeny of three predominant rice planthoppers. European Journal of Entomology 115: 242–248, doi: 10.14411/eje.2018.023.

Jiang, H.C., Hu, J., Li, Z., Liu, J., Gao, G.J., Zhang, Q.L., Xiao, J.H. and He, Y.Q., (2018) Evaluation and breeding application of six brown planthopper resistance genes in rice maintainer line Jin 23B. Rice 11, doi: 10.1186/s12284-018-0215-4.

Kim, H.G., Park, J.S. and Lee, D.H., (2018) Potential of unmanned aerial sampling for monitoring insect populations in rice fields. Florida Entomologist 101(2): 330–334, doi: 10.1653/024.101.0229. [one unspecified delphacid captured]

Kobialka, M., Michalik, A., Szwedo, J. and Szklarzewicz, T., (2018) Diversity of symbiotic microbiota in Deltocephalinae leafhoppers (Insecta, Hemiptera, Cicadellidae). Arthropod Structure & Development 47(3): 268–278, doi: 10.1016/j.asd.2018.03.005.

Kwadjo, K.E., Beugre, N.D.I., Dietrich, C.H., Kodjo, A.T.T., Diallo, H.A., Yankey, N., Dery, S., Wilson, M., Konan, J.L.K., Contaldo, N., Paltrinieri, S., Bertaccini, A. and Rosete, Y.A., (2018) Identification of Nedotepa curta Dmitriev as a potential vector of the Cote d'Ivoire lethal yellowing phytoplasma in coconut palms sole or in mixed infection with a 'Candidates Phytoplasma asteris'-related strain. Crop Protection 110: 48–56, doi: 10.1016/j.cropro.2017.12.015.

Leach, H. and Isaacs, R., (2018) Seasonal occurrence of key arthropod pests and beneficial insects in Michigan high tunnel and field grown raspberries. Environmental Entomology 47(3): 567–574, doi: 10.1093/ee/nvy030. [includes unspecified leafhoppers]

Li, P., Liu, H., Li, F., Liao, X.L., Ali, S. and Hou, M.L., (2018) A virus plays a role in partially suppressing plant defenses induced by the viruliferous vectors. Scientific Reports 8, doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-27354-9. [Sogatella furcifera]

Li, Y.T., Liu, X.D. and Guo, H.F., (2018) Variations in endosymbiont infection between Buprofezin-resistant and susceptible strains of Laodelphax striatellus (Fallèn). Current Microbiology 75(6): 709–715, doi: 10.1007/s00284-018-1436-x.

Li, Z., Wan, G.J., Wang, L., Parajulee, M.N., Zhao, Z.H. and Chen, F.J., (2018) Effects of seed mixture sowing with resistant and susceptible rice on population dynamics of target planthoppers and non-target stemborers and leaffolders. Pest Management Science 74(7): 1664–1676, doi: 10.1002/ps.4860.

Liang, A.W., Liu, T.T., Liang, Z.Q. and Wang, F.H., (2018) Analysis of differential proteins in two different wing-types of female Nilaparvata lugens. Entomological Research 48(3): 131–136, doi: 10.1111/1748-5967.12252.

Lu, K., Chen, X., Li, Y., Li, W.R. and Zhou, Q., (2018) TLipophorin receptor regulates Nilaparvata lugens fecundity by promoting lipid accumulation and vitellogenin biosynthesis. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A - Molecular and Integrative Physiology 219: 28–37, doi: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2018.02.008.

Mariani, R. and de Remes Lenicov, A.M.M., (2018) A new species of Sogatella (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) from temperate Argentina. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 62(1): 77–81, doi: 10.1016/j.rbe.2017.12.001.

Mohapatra, L.N., (2018) Field evaluation of ITKs against insect pests of rice. Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge 17(2): 360–364. [includes green leafhopper]

Moulds, M.S., (2018) Cicada fossils (Cicadoidea: Tettigarctidae and Cicadidae) with a review of the named fossilised Cicadidae. Zootaxa 4438(3): 443–470, doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4438.3.2.

Mozaffarian, F., (2018) An identification key to the species of Auchenorrhyncha of Iranian fauna recorded as pests in orchards and a review on the pest status of the species. Zootaxa 4420(4): 475–501, doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4420.4.2.

Naveed H. and Zhang, Y.L., (2018) Two newly recorded leafhopper genera of the subfamily Deltocephalinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from Pakistan. Entomotaxonomia 40(1): 72–79.

Naveed, H. and Zhang, Y.L., (2018) Revision of the leafhopper genus Soractellus Evans (Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) with description of a new species from Pakistan. Zootaxa 4429(3): 595–599, doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4429.3.12.

Pan, P.L., Ye, Y.X., Lou, Y.H., Lu, J.B., Cheng, C., Shen, Y., Moussian, B. and Zhang, C.X., (2018) A comprehensive omics analysis and functional survey of cuticular proteins in the brown planthopper. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 115(20): 5175–5180, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1716951115.

Servin-Villegas, R., Caamal-Chan, M.G., Chavez-Medina, A., Loera-Muro, A., Barraza, A., Medina-Hernandez, D. and Holguin-Pena, R.J., (2018) Identification of a 'Candidatus Phytoplasma hispanicum'-related strain, associated with yellows-type diseases, in smoke-tree sharpshooter (Homalodisca liturata Ball). International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 68(6): 2093–2101, doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.002745.

Shao, E.S., Chen, C., Chen, H.Z., Liu, S.J., Lin, L., Wang, Y.M., Guan, X. and Huang, Z.P., (2018) In vitro hydrolysis of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ac toxin by gut proteases of Nilaparvata lugens (Stal) and binding assays of Cry1Ac toxin with brush border membrane of N. lugens midgut. Biocontrol Science & Technology 28(5): 446–458, doi: 10.1080/09583157.2018.1455170.

Song, Y.H., Gao, Y.R. and Li, C., (2018) One new species and new record of the leafhopper genus Watara Dworakowska from Thailand (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Erythroneurini). Zootaxa 4418(3): 281–286, doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4418.3.5.

Tangkawanit, U., Hinmo, N. and Khlibsuwan, W., (2018) Numerical response of Cyrtorhinus lividipennis (Hemiptera: Miridae) to Nilaparvata lugens (Hemiptera: Delphacidae). Journal of Entomological Science 53(2): 171–179.

Thanou, Z.N., Afentoulis, D.G., Koufopoulou, P., Ampatzi, A.P., Lekkou, S.D., Koutsogiannopoulou, A., Bravou, A.A., Stamatakou, G.D., Voulgaraki, K.N., Piperkas, A., Chaldaiou, A., Kalaitzaki, A.P. and Tsagkarakis, A.E., (2018) New records and updated checklist of Cicadomorpha (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha) species from Greece. Zootaxa 4413(1): 133–157, doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4413.1.4.

Tholt, G., Kis, A., Medzihradszky, A., Szita, E., Toth, Z., Havelda, Z. and Samu, F., (2018) Could vectors' fear of predators reduce the spread of plant diseases? Scientific Reports 8, doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-27103-y. [Psammotettix alienus]

Wan, N.F., Ji, X.Y., Ki'r, L.P., Liu, S.S., Deng, J.Y., Jiang, J.X. and Li, B., (2018) Ground cover increases spatial aggregation and association of insect herbivores and their predators in an agricultural landscape. Landscape Ecology 33(5): 799–809, doi: 10.1007/s10980-018-0635-y. [includes unspecified leafhoppers]

Wang, H.T., Wang, J., Xie, Y.J., Fu, Z.J., Wei, T.Y. and Zhang, X.F., (2018) Development of leafhopper cell culture to trace the early infection process of a nucleorhabdovirus, rice yellow stunt virus, in insect vector cells. Virology Journal 15, doi: 10.1186/s12985-018-0987-6. [Nephotettix cincticeps]

Wang, M.L., Shi, A.M. and Bourgoin, T., (2018) Morphological and molecular data reveal a new genus of the tribe Issini from Southern China (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Issidae). Zookeys 766: 51–61, doi: 10.3897/zookeys.766.24299.

Wang, R.R., Liu, J.J., Li, X.Y., Liang, A.P. and Bourgoin, T., (2018) Relating antennal sensilla diversity and possible species behaviour in the planthopper pest Lycorma delicatula (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoridae). PLoS ONE 13(3), doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0194995.

Wang, W.X., Wan, P.J., Lai, F.X., Zhu, T.H. and Fu, Q., (2018) Double-stranded RNA targeting calmodulin reveals a potential target for pest management of Nilaparvata lugens. Pest Management Science 74(7): 1711–1719, doi: 10.1002/ps.4865.

Wu, N., Zhang, P.P., Liu, W.W., Cao, M.J. and Wang, X.F., (2018) Sequence analysis and genomic organization of a new insect iflavirus, Sogatella furcifera honeydew virus 1. Archives of Virology 163(7): 2001–2003, doi: 10.1007/s00705-018-3817-7.

Wu, N., Zhang, P.P., Liu, W.W. and Wang, X.F., (2018) Sogatella furcifera hepe-like virus: First member of a novel Hepeviridae Glade identified in an insect. Virus Research 250: 81–86, doi: 10.1016/j.virusres.2018.03.018.

Yang, B.J., Liu, M.L., Zhang, Y.X. and Liu, Z.W., (2018) Effects of temperature on fitness costs in chlorpyrifos-resistant brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens (Hemiptera: Delphacidae). Insect Science 25(3): 409–417, doi: 10.1111/1744-7917.12432.

Yang, Y.X., Yu, N., Zhang, J.H., Zhang, Y.X. and Liu, Z.W., (2018) Induction of P450 genes in Nilaparvata lugens and Sogatella furcifera by two neonicotinoid insecticides. 25 3(401–408), doi: 10.1111/1744-7917.12440.

Zhang, B., (2018) A new idiocerine leafhopper genus, Dianica, from China (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae). Zootaxa 4420(4): 588–592, doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4420.4.9.

Zhang, B. and Chi, W.F., (2018) Description of a new species of Hyalinocerus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from southwestern China, with an update on the generic diagnosis. Zootaxa 4420(4): 583–587, doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4420.4.8.

Zhang, P.P., Liu, W.W., Cao, M.J., Massart, S. and Wang, X.F., (2018) Two novel totiviruses in the white-backed planthopper, Sogatella furcifera. Journal of General Virology 99(5): 710–716, doi: 10.1099/jgv.0.001052.

Zhang, X.L., Mao, K.K., Liao, X., He, B.Y., Jin, R.H., Tang, T., Wan, H. and Li, J.H., (2018) Fitness cost of nitenpyram resistance in the brown planthopper Nilaparvata lugens. Journal of Pest Science 91(3): 1145–1151, doi: 10.1007/s10340-018-0972-2.

Zhang, Y.L., Liu, B.S., Zhang, Z.C., Wang, L.H., Guo, H.F., Li, Z., He, P., Liu, Z.W. and Fang, J.C., (2018) Differential expression of P450 genes and nAChR subunits associated with Imidacloprid resistance in Laodelphax striatellus (Hemiptera: Delphacidae). Journal of Economic Entomology 111(3): 1382–1387, doi: 10.1093/jee/toy051.

Zhao, M.A., Lei, Z., Pei, Y.H., Shao, X.Y., Guo, X.M. and Song, X.Y., (2018) Comparative proteomics analysis of maize (Zea mays) leaves infected by small brown planthopper (Laodelphax striatellus). Journal of Integrative Agriculture 17(4): 796–805, doi: 10.1016/S2095-3119(17)61824-0.

Zhi, Y., Yang, L., Zhang, P. and Chen, X.S., (2018) Two new species of genus Oecleopsis Emeljanov from China, with descriptions of female genitalia of five species (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Cixiidae). Zookeys 768: 1–17, doi: 10.3897/zookeys.768.24796.

Zhou, C., Yang, H., Wang, Z., Long, G.Y. and Jin, D.C., (2018) Comparative transcriptome analysis of Sogatella furcifera (Horvath) exposed to different insecticides. Scientific Reports 8, doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-27062-4.

Zhou, P.Y., Mo, X.C., Wang, W.W., Chen, X. and Lou, Y.G., (2018) The commonly used bactericide Bismerthiazol promotes rice defenses against herbivores. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 19(5), doi: 10.3390/ijms19051271. [Sogatella furcifera]

Posted 2 May 2018

Abt, I., Derlink, M., Mabon, R., Virant-Doberlet, M. and Jacquot, E., (2018) Integrating multiple criteria for the characterization of Psammotettix populations in European cereal fields. Bulletin of Entomological Research 108(2): 185–202, doi: 10.1017/S0007485317000669.

Arricau-Bouvery, N., Duret, S., Dubrana, M.P., Batailler, B., Desque, D., Beven, L., Danet, J.L., Monticone, M., Bosco, D., Malembic-Maher, S. and Foissac, X., (2018) Variable membrane protein A of Flavescence Doree phytoplasma binds the midgut perimicrovillar membrane of Euscelidius variegatus and promotes adhesion to Its epithelial cells. Applied & Environmental Microbiology 84(8), doi: 10.1128/AEM.02487-17.

Baba, Y.G., Kusumoto, Y. and Tanaka, K., (2018) Effects of agricultural practices and fine-scale landscape factors on spiders and a pest insect in Japanese rice paddy ecosystems. BioControl 63(2): 265–275, doi: 10.1007/s10526-018-9869-5. [Laodelphax striatellus]

Barcellos, M.S., Dias, G. and Neto, J.L., (2018) Re-description of the sperm morphology of Dalbulus maidis (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae). Tissue & Cell 51: 56–61, doi: 10.1016/j.tice.2018.03.001.

Bellota, E., Davila-Flores, A. and Bernal, J.S., (2018) A bird in the hand versus two in the bush? The specialist leafhopper Dalbulus maidis (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) does not discriminate against sub-optimal host plants (Zea spp.). Neotropical Entomology 47(2): 171–180, doi: 10.1007/s13744-017-0516-0.

Bian, L., Cai, X.M., Luo, Z.X., Li, Z.Q., Xin, Z.J. and Chen, Z.M., (2018) Design of an attractant for Empoasca onukii (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) based on the volatile components of fresh tea leaves. Journal of Economic Entomology 111(2): 629–636, doi: 10.1093/jee/tox370.

Byeon, D.H., Jung, J.M., Jung, S. and Lee, W.H., (2018) Prediction of global geographic distribution of Metcalfa pruinosa using CLIMEX. Entomological Research 48(2): 99–107, doi: 10.1111/1748-5967.12253.

Catanach, T.A. and Dietrich, C.H., (2018) Molecular phylogeny of the grassland leafhopper tribe Hecalini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 111(2): 68–72, doi: 10.1093/aesa/sax076.

Chen, J., Szwedo, J., Wang, B., Zheng, Y., Wang, Y., Wang, X.L. and Zhang, H.C., (2018) The first Mesozoic froghopper in amber from northern Myanmar (Hemiptera, Cercopoidea, Sinoalidae). Cretaceous Research 85: 243–249, doi: 10.1016/j.cretres.2017.10.029.

Cieniewicz, E.J., Pethybridge, S.J., Loeb, G., Perry, K. and Fuchs, M., (2018) Insights into the ecology of grapevine red blotch virus in a diseased vineyard. Phytopathology 108(1): 94–102, doi: 10.1094/PHYTO-07-17-0239-R. [Spissistilus festinus (Membracidae), Colladonus reductus (Cicadellidae), Osbornellus borealis (Cicadellidae), Melanoliarus sp. (Cixiidae)]

Dumon, A.D., Caro, E.B.A., Mattio, M.F., Alemandri, V., del Vas, M. and Truol, G., (2018) Co-infection with a wheat rhabdovirus causes a reduction in Mal de Rio Cuarto virus titer in its planthopper vector. Bulletin of Entomological Research 108(2): 232–240, doi: 10.1017/S0007485317000803. [Delphacodes kuscheli]

Gnezdilov, V.M. and Bartlett, C.R., (2018) A new genus and two new species of the family Issidae (Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha: Fulgoroidea) from Amazonian Ecuador. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 120(1): 62–75, doi: 10.4289/0013-8797.120.1.62.

Gogi, M.D., Arif, M.J., Mahmood, A., Chatha, U., Niaz, S., Khan, I., Hassan, M.U., Chatha, M.B. and Usman, M., (2018) Effect of abiotic factors and leaf-quality of sugarcane on the seasonal occurrence of Pyrilla perpusilla Walker (Homoptera: Lophopidae) and Epipyrops melanoleuca Fletcher, (Lepidoptera: Epipyropidae). International Sugar Journal 120(1431): 230–235.

Gonzalez, J.G., Jaramillo, M.G. and Spotti Lopes, J.R., (2018) Undetected infection by maize bushy stunt phytoplasma enhances host-plant preference to Dalbulus maidis (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae). Environmental Entomology 47(2): 396–402, doi: 10.1093/ee/nvy001.

Gopala, Khasa, E., Rao, A., Madhupriya and Rao, G.P., (2018) Molecular characterization of 'Clover proliferation' phytoplasma subgroup-D (16SrVI-D) associated with vegetables crops in India. Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants 24(2): 203–210, doi: 10.1007/s12298-017-0499-7. [Hishimonus phycitis]

Guimaraes de Menezes, C.W., Braga, S.R., de Assis, S.L., Soares, M.A., Silva, W.M., Tavares, W.D. and Zanuncio, J.C., (2018) Poekilloptera phalaenoides (Hemiptera: Flatidae) on Abarema villosa (Fabales: Fabaceae) in Diamantina, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. Florida Entomologist 101(1): 128–130.

Hortamani, M., Massah, A. and Izadpanah, K., (2018) Maize Iranian mosaic virus shows a descending transcript accumulation order in plant and insect hosts. Archives of Virology 163(4): 887–893, doi: 10.1007/s00705-017-3680-y. [Laodelphax striatellus]

Hossard, L., Guimier, S., Vinatier, F., Barbier, J.M., Delmotte, S., Fontaine, M. and Rivoal, J.B., (2018) Source of Hyalesthes obsoletus Signoret planthopper (Hemiptera: Cixiidae) in southern France and potential effects of landscape. Bulletin of Entomological Research 108(2): 213–222, doi: 10.1017/S0007485317000815.

Iasur-Kruh, L., Zahavi, T., Barkai, R., Freilich, S., Zchori-Fein, E. and Naor, V., (2018) Dyella-Like bacterium isolated from an insect as a potential biocontrol agent against grapevine yellows. Phytopathology 108(3): 336–341, doi: 10.1094/PHYTO-06-17-0199-R. [Hyalesthes obsoletus]

Jiang, Y.D., Yuan, X., Zhou, W.W., Bai, Y.L., Wang, G.Y. and Zhu, Z.R., (2018) Cryptochrome regulates circadian locomotor rhythms in the small brown planthopper Laodelphax striatellus (Fallen). Frontiers in Physiology 9, doi: 10.3389/fphys.2018.00149.

Kang, J.X., Huang, M., Yang, Y.R. and Zhang, Y.L., (2018) Contribution to knowledge of the genus Cuanta Dworakowska, 1993 (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) with descriptions of three new species. Zootaxa 4399(1): 134–140, doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4399.1.11.

Karimi, S., Izadi, H., Seyahooei, M.A., Bagheri, A. and Khodaygan, P., (2018) Variation in bacterial endosymbionts associated with the date palm hopper, Ommatissus lybicus populations. Bulletin of Entomological Research 108(2): 271–281, doi: 10.1017/S0007485317000633.

Klimes, P., Borovanska, M., Plowman, N.S. and Leponce, M., (2018) How common is trophobiosis with hoppers (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha) inside ant nests (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)? Novel interactions from New Guinea and a worldwide overview. Myrmecological News 26: 31–45.

Kobiaka, M., Michalik, A., Walczak, M. and Szklarzewicz, T., (2018) Dual "Bacterial-Fungal" symbiosis in Deltocephalinae leafhoppers (Insecta, Hemiptera, Cicadomorpha: Cicadellidae). Microbial Ecology 75(3): 771–782, doi: 10.1007/s00248-017-1075-y.

Kranthi, S., Ghodke, A.B., Puttuswamy, R.K., Mandle, M., Nandanwar, R., Satija, U., Pareek, R.K., Desai, H., Udikeri, S.S., Balakrishna, D.J., Hugar, B.M., Monga, D. and Kranthi, K.R., (2018) Mitochondria COI-based genetic diversity of the cotton leafhopper Amrasca biguttula biguttula (Ishida) populations from India. Mitochondrial DNA Part A 29(2): 228–235, doi: 10.1080/24701394.2016.1275595.

Kumar, A., Nemade, P.W., Sharma, R., Tanwar, R.K., Chattopadhyay, C., Wanjari, S.S. and Rathod, T.H., (2018) Statistical forewarning models for sucking pests of cotton in Maharashtra. Journal of Agrometeorology 20(1): 62–65. [unspecified leafhoppers]

Kumar, K., Sarao, P.S., Bhatia, D., Neelam, K., Kaur, A., Mangat, G.S., Brar, D.S. and Singh, K., (2018) High-resolution genetic mapping of a novel brown planthopper resistance locus, Bph34 in Oryza sativa L. X Oryza nivara (Sharma & Shastry) derived interspecific F-2 population. Theoretical & Applied Genetics 131(5): 1163–1171, doi: 10.1007/s00122-018-3069-7.

Lan, H.H., Hong, X.J., Huang, R.R., Lin, X., Li, Q.H., Li, K.H. and Zhou, T., (2018) RNA interference-mediated knockdown and virus-induced suppression of Troponin C gene adversely affect the behavior or fitness of the green rice leafhopper, Nephotettix cincticeps. Archives of Insect Biochemistry & Physiology 97(2), doi: 10.1002/arch.21438.

Lan, Y., Li, Y.W., E, Z.G., Sun, F., Du, L.L., Xu, Q.F., Zhou, T., Zhou, Y.J. and Fan, Y., (2018) Identification of virus-derived siRNAs and their targets in RBSDV-infected rice by deep sequencing. Journal of Basic Microbiology 58(3): 227–237, doi: 10.1002/jobm.201700325. [Laodelphax striatellus]

Li, H., Dai, R.H. and Li, Z.Z., (2018) Three new species of the leafhopper genus Oncopsis Burmeister, 1838 (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae, Macropsinae) from Sichuan Province of Southwestern China. Entomologica Fennica 29(1): 30–38, doi:

Li, S., Li, X. and Zhou, Y.J., (2018) Ribosomal protein L18 is an essential factor that promote rice stripe virus accumulation in small brown planthopper. Virus Research 247: 15–20, doi: 10.1016/j.virusres.2018.01.011.

Lidor, O., Dror, O., Hamershlak, D., Shoshana, N., Belausov, E., Zahavi, T., Mozes-Daube, N., Naor, V., Zchori-Fein, E., Iasur-Kruh, L. and Bahar, O., (2018) Introduction of a putative biocontrol agent into a range of phytoplasma- and liberibacter-susceptible crop plants. Pest Management Science 74(4): 811–819, doi: 10.1002/ps.4775. [Hyalesthes obsoletus]

Lin, X.D. and Lavine, L.C., (2018) Endocrine regulation of a dispersal polymorphism in winged insects: a short review. Current Opinion in Insect Science 25: 20–24, doi: 10.1016/j.cois.2017.11.004. [brown planthopper]

Liu, Y., Du, Z.Z., Wang, H., Zhang, S., Cao, M.J. and Wang, X.F., (2018) Identification and characterization of wheat yellow striate virus, a novel leafhopper-transmitted Nucleorhabdovirus infecting wheat. Frontiers in Microbiology 9, doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.00468. [Psammotettix alienus]

Meena, A.K., Nagar, R., Swaminathan, R. and Viraktamath, C.A., (2017) Population dynamics of two species of leafhoppers of the genus Empoasca Walsh, 1862 (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae) on soybean in Rajasthan and their morphological characterization. Entomon 42(4): 283–292.

Mozaffarian, F., Bourgoin, T. and Wilson, M.R., (2018) Nomenclatural changes in the higher classification of the family Tettigometridae (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea) with description of a new tribe and new species and a review of the Iranian tettigometrid fauna. Zootaxa 4392(3): 469–490, doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4392.3.3.

Naik, S.B., Divya, D., Sahu, N., Sundaram, R.M., Sarao, P.S., Singh, K., Lakshmi, V.J. and Bentur, J.S., (2018) A new gene Bph33(t) conferring resistance to brown planthopper (BPH), Nilaparvata lugens (Stal) in rice line RP2068-18-3-5. Euphytica 214(3), doi: 10.1007/s10681-018-2131-5.

Naveed, H. and Zhang, Y.L., (2018) First record - the genus Leofa Distant (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from Pakistan. Entomon 43(1): 45–48.

Naveed, H. and Zhang, Y.L., (2018) Species of the leafhopper genera Hishimonus and Goniagnathus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from Pakistan. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies 6(2): 1804–1807.

Naveed, H. and Zhang, Y.L., (2018) Taxonomy of the leafhopper genus Grammacephalus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from Pakistan with description of a newly recorded species. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies 6(2): 1816–1818.

Naveed, H. and Zhang, Y.L., (2018) Two newly recorded leafhopper genera of the subfamily Deltocephalinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from Pakistan. Entomotaxonomia, 40(1): 76–83.

Niu, H.T., Wang, N., Liu, B.S., Xiao, L.J.J., Wang, L.H. and Guo, H.F., (2018) Synergistic and additive interactions of Serratia marcescens S-JS1 to the chemical insecticides for controlling Nilaparvata lugens (Hemiptera: Delphacidae). Journal of Economic Entomology 111(2): 823–828, doi: 10.1093/jee/tox348.

Ozdemir, Z., (2018) Identification of phytoplasmas from Neoaliturus haematoceps associated with sesame phyllody disease in southwestern Turkey. Journal of Phytopathology 166(4): 242–248, doi: 10.1111/jph.12681.

Perez-Lopez, E., Wist, T., Dumonceaux, T., Luna-Rodriguez, M., Nordin, D., Castro-Luna, A., Iglesias-Andreu, L. and Olivier, C., (2018) Detection of maize bushy stunt phytoplasma in leafhoppers collected in native corn crops grown at high elevations in southeast Mexico. Florida Entomologist 101(1): 12–19.

Pinedo-Escatel, J.A. and Moya-Raygoza, G., (2018) Diversity of leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) associated with border grasses and maize furing the wet and dry seasons in Mexico. Environmental Entomology 47(2): 282–291, doi: 10.1093/ee/nvx204.

Rodriguez, R.L., Wojcinski, J.E. and Maliszewski, J., (2018) Between-group variation in Enchenopa treehopper juvenile signaling (Hemiptera Membracidae). Ethology Ecology & Evolution 30(3): 245–255, doi: 10.1080/03949370.2017.1347585.

Silva, F.G., Passos, E.M., Diniz, L.E.C., Farias, A.P., Teodoro, A.V., Fernandes, M.F. and Dollet, M., (2018) Rainfall and coconut accession explain the composition and abundance of the community of potential Auchenorrhyncha phytoplasma vectors in Brazil. Environmental Entomology 47(2): 318–324, doi: 10.1093/ee/nvy010.

Sisterson, M.S., Dwyer, D.P. and Uchima, S.Y., (2018) Alfalfa and pastures: Sources of pests or generalist natural enemies? Environmental Entomology 47(2): 271–281, doi: 10.1093/ee/nvy011. [Draeculacephala minerva]

Stasek, D.J., Radl, J.N. and Crist, T.O., (2018) The functional response and prey preference of generalist Nabis (Hemiptera: Nabidae) predators to leafhopper prey (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae). Canadian Entomologist 150(2): 190–200, doi: 10.4039/tce.2017.68.

Sun, Z., Yan, F.M. and Wang, M.Q., (2018) Transgenic expression of Bt in rice does not affect feeding behavior and population density of the brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens Stal (Hemiptera: Delphacidae). Entomologia Generalis 37(1): 35–45, doi: 10.1127/entomologia/2017/0068.

Swierczewski, D., Malenovsky, I. and Stroinski, A., (2018) Medleria gen. nov adds to the biodiversity of Flatidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha) in the island of Socotra. European Journal of Taxonomy 422: 1–19, doi: 10.5852/ejt.2018.422.

Tang, J. and Zhang, Y.L., (2018) Review of the leafhopper genus Hylica Stal (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Hylicinae) with description of one new species. Zootaxa 4388(4): 526–536, doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4388.4.4.

Tian, Y.Y., Zhao, Y.H., Zhang, L.X., Mu, W. and Zhang, Z.Q., (2018) Morphological, physiological, and biochemical responses of two tea cultivars to Empoasca onukii (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) infestation. Journal of Economic Entomology 111(2): 899–908, doi: 10.1093/jee/toy011.

Wang, Y., Cao, L.M., Zhang, Y.X., Cao, C.X., Liu, F., Huang, F.K., Qiu, Y.F., Li, R.B. and Luo, X.J., (2018) Map-based cloning and characterization of BPH29, a B3 domain-containing recessive gene conferring brown planthopper resistance in rice. Journal of Experimental Botany 69(7): 1815, doi:

Wang, Y.C., Yu, N., Chu, F.H., Korai, S.K. and Liu, Z.W., (2018) Sublethal effects of Beauveria bassiana sensu lato isolate NJBb2101 on biological fitness and insecticide sensitivity of parental and offspring generations of brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens. Biological Control 121: 44–49, doi: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2018.02.007.

Waris, M.I., Younas, A., ul Qamar, M.T., Hao, L., Ameen, A., Ali, S., Abdelnabby, H.E., Zeng, F.F. and Wang, M.Q., (2018) Title: Silencing of chemosensory protein gene NlugCSP8 by RNAi induces declining behavioral responses of Nilaparvata lugens. Frontiers in Physiology 9, doi: 10.3389/fphys.2018.00379.

Wu, S.F., Zeng, B., Zheng, C., Mu, X.C., Zhang, Y., Hu, J., Zhang, S., Gao, C.F. and Shen, J.L., (2018) The evolution of insecticide resistance in the brown planthopper (Nilaparvata lugens Stal) of China in the period 2012–2016. Scientific Reports 8, doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-22906-5.

Wu, Y., Ding, J., Xu, B., You, L.L., Ge, L.Q., Yang, G.Q., Liu, F., Stanley, D., Song, Q.S. and Wu, J.C., (2018) Two fungicides alter reproduction of the small brown planthopper Laodelphax striatellus by influencing gene and protein expression. Journal of Proteome Research 17(3): 978–986, doi: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.7b00612.

Xue, W.H., Xu, N., Yuan, X.B., Chen, H.H., Zhang, J.L., Fu, S.J., Zhang, C.X. and Xu, H.J., (2018) CRISPR/Cas9-mediated knockout of two eye pigmentation genes in the brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens (Hemiptera: Delphacidae). Insect Biochemistry & Molecular Biology 93: 19–26, doi: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2017.12.003.

Zhan, H.P., Li, H. and Dai, R.H., (2018) Checklist and key to species of the leafhopper genus Japanagallia Ishihara, 1955 with description of a new species from China (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae, Megophthalminae). Entomologica Fennica 29(1): 13–20.

Zhang, Y.L., Han, Y.C., Yang, Q., Wang, L.H., He, P., Liu, Z.W., Li, Z., Guo, H.F. and Fang, J.C., (2018) Resistance to cycloxaprid in Laodelphax striatellus is associated with altered expression of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunits. Pest Management Science 74(4): 837–843, doi: 10.1002/ps.4757.

Zhu, J., Li, Y., Jiang, H., Liu, C., Lu, W.W., Dai, W., Xu, J.X. and Liu, F., (2018) Selective toxicity of the mesoionic insecticide, triflumezopyrim, to rice planthoppers and beneficial arthropods. Ecotoxicology 27(4): 411–419, doi: 10.1007/s10646-018-1904-x.

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Abdullah, A., Ullah, M.I., Hassan, M.W., Khalid, S., Iftikhar, Y., Arshad, M. and Molina-Ochoa, J., (2018) Response of Azadirachta indica against Bemisia tabaci Gennadius (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) and Amrasca biguttula Ishida (Homoptera: Cicadellidae) on Cotton Cultivars. Pakistan Journal of Zoology 49(6): 1983–1987, doi: 10.17582/journal.pjz/2017.49.6.1983.1987.

Arias-Martin, M., Garcia, M., Castanera, P., Ortego, F. and Farinos, G.P., (2018) Farm-scale evaluation of the impact of Cry1Ab Bt maize on canopy nontarget arthropods: a 3-year study. Insect Science 25(1): 87–98, doi: 10.1111/1744-7917.12378. [unspecified leafhoppers and planthoppers]

Bian, L., Li, Z.Q., Ma, L., Cai, X.M., Luo, Z.X. and Chen, Z.M., (2018) Identification of the genes in tea leafhopper, Empoasca onukii (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae), that encode odorant-binding proteins and chemosensory proteins using transcriptome analyses of insect heads. Applied Entomology & Zoology 53(1): 93–105, doi: 10.1007/s13355-017-0533-9.

Bugti, G.A., Bin, W., Na, C. and Feng, L.H., (2018) Pathogenicity of Beauveria bassiana Strain 202 against sap-sucking insect pests. Plant Protection Science 54(2): 111–117, doi: 10.17221/45/2017-PPS. [includes Jacobiasca formosana Paoli]

Chiste, M.N., Mody, K., Kunz, G., Gunczy, J. and Bluthgen, N., (2018) Intensive land use drives small-scale homogenization of plant- and leafhopper communities and promotes generalists. Oecologia 186(2): 529–540, doi: 10.1007/s00442-017-4031-0.

Da Silva, R.D., Cavichioli, R.R., Takiya, D.M. and Mejdalani, G., (2018) Descriptions of seven new Acrogonia species from South America (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellinae: Proconiini). Zootaxa 4374(3): 375–394, doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.3.3.

Derlink, M., Abt, I., Mabon, R., Julian, C., Virant-Doberlet, M. and Jacquot, E., (2018) Mating behavior of Psammotettix alienus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae). Insect Science 25(1): 148–160, doi: 10.1111/1744-7917.12379.

Duric, Z., Hrncic, S. and Delic, D., (2017) Morphological and molecular identification of Hyalesthes obsoletus Signoret (Auchenorrhyncha: Cixiidae) in Herzegovina vineyards. Mitteilungen Klosterneuburg 67(3): 177–181, doi:

Elzaki, M.E.A., Pu, J., Zhu, Y.X., Zhang, W.F., Sun, H.N., Wu, M. and Han, Z.J., (2018) Cross-resistance among common insecticides and its possible mechanism in Laodelphax striatellus Fallen (Hemiptera: Delphacidae). Oriental Insects 52(1): 2–15, doi: 10.1080/00305316.2017.1316784.

Fang, Y., Choi, J.Y., Lee, S.H., Kim, J.H., Park, D.H., Park, M.G., Woo, R.M., Lee, B.R., Kim, W.J., Li, S. and Je, Y.H., (2017) RNA interference of E75 nuclear receptor gene suppresses transmission of rice stripe virus in Laodelphax striatellus. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 20(4): 1140–1144, doi: 10.1016/j.aspen.2017.08.011.

Fletcher, M.J. and Dai, W., (2018) A new genus Austrimonus for Eutettix melaleucae Kirkaldy (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Opsiini) and nine new species. Zootaxa 4387(2): 310–330, doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4387.2.4.

Fowler-Finn, K.D., Kilmer, J.T., Cruz, D.C. and Rodriguez, R.L., (2018) Female mate choice of male signals is unlikely to promote ecological adaptation in Enchenopa treehoppers (Hemiptera: Membracidae). Ecology and Evolution 8(4): 2146–2159, doi: 10.1002/ece3.3817.

Guo, J.P., Xu, C.X., Wu, D., Zhao, Y., Qiu, Y.F., Wang, X.X., Ouyang, Y.D., Cai, B.D., Liu, X., Jing, S.L., Shangguan, X.X., Wang, H.Y., Ma, Y.H., Hu, L., Wu, Y., Shi, S.J., Wang, W.L., Zhu, L.L., Xu, X., Chen, R.Z., Feng, Y.Q., Du, B. and He, G.C., (2018) Bph6 encodes an exocyst- localized protein and confers broad resistance to planthoppers in rice. Nature Genetics 50(2): 297–306, doi: 10.1038/s41588-018-0039-6.

Horgan, F.G., Cruz, A.P., Bernal, C.C., Ramal, A.F., Almazan, M.L.P. and Wilby, A., (2018) Resistance and tolerance to the brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens (Stal), in rice infested at different growth stages across a gradient of nitrogen applications. Field Crops Research 217: 53–65, doi: 10.1016/j.fcr.2017.12.008.

Hsu, Y.H., Cocroft, R.B., Snyder, R.L. and Lin, C.P., (2018) You stay, but I Hop: Host shifting near and far co-dominated the evolution of Enchenopa treehoppers. Ecology and Evolution: 1–13, doi: 10.1002/ece3.3815.

Hsu, Y.H., Cocroft, R.B., Snyder, R.L. and Lin, C.P., (2018) You stay, but I Hop: Host shifting near and far co-dominated the evolution of Enchenopa treehoppers. Ecology and Evolution 8(4): 1854–1965, doi: 10.1002/ece3.3815.

Hu, C.X., Fu, X.W. and Wu, K.M., (2017) Seasonal migration of white-backed planthopper Sogatella furcifera Horvath (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) over the Bohai Sea in northern China. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 20(4): 1358–1363, doi: 10.1016/j.aspen.2017.10.004.

Huang, H.J., Lu, J.B., Li, Q., Bao, Y.Y. and Zhang, C.X., (2018) Combined transcriptomic/proteomic analysis of salivary gland and secreted saliva in three planthopper species. Journal of Proteomics 172: 25–35, doi: 10.1016/j.jprot.2017.11.003. [Nilaparvata lugens, Sogatella furcifera, Laodelphax striatellus]

Huang, Y.X. and Qin, D.Z., (2017) The complete mitochondrial genome sequence of the corn planthopper, Peregrinus maidis (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea). Mitochondrial DNA. Part B - Resources 2(2): 783–784, doi: 10.1080/23802359.2017.1398605.

Leavengood, J.M., Bartlett, C.R. and Vitanza-Hedman, S., (2017) First reports of six planthoppers (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Tagosodes, Delphacodes, Pareuidella, Nilaparvata, Asarcopus, Bruchomorpha) in Texas. Entomological News 127(3): 215–229, doi:

Lee, M., Lee, S., Park, J.W., Son, J., Lee, D.H., Ryoo, M. and Cho, K., (2017) Prevalence of rice stripe virus can be altered by temperature and the virus mediated development of insect vector, Laodelphax striatellus, in Korea. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 20(4): 1145–1149, doi: 10.1016/j.aspen.2017.08.012.

Lei, C., Geng, L., Xu, X.Y., Shao, X.S. and Li, Z., (2018) Isoxazole-containing neonicotinoids: Design, synthesis, and insecticidal evaluation. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters 28(4): 831–833, doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2017.06.046. [Nilaparvata lugens]

Li, H.X., Yang, L. and Chen, X.S., (2018) Two new species of the bamboo-feeding planthopper genus Bambusiphaga Huang & Ding from China (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Delphacidae). Zookeys 735: 83–96, doi: 10.3897/zookeys.735.21727.

Li, J.Y., Shi, M.Z., Fu, J.W., He, Y.C., Perovic, D.J. and Wang, T.T., (2018) Physiological and biochemical responses of Camellia sinensis to stress associated with Empoasca vitis feeding. Arthropod-Plant Interactions 12(1): 65–75, doi: 10.1007/s11829-017-9554-0.

Li, Q., Hu, H.Y., Triapitsyn, S.V., Yi, L. and Lu, J.X., (2018) Anagrus dmitrievi sp n. (Hymenoptera, Mymaridae), an egg parasitoid of Zyginidia eremita (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae), a pest of maize in Xinjiang, China. Zookeys 736: 43–57, doi: 10.3897/zookeys.736.20883.

Liu, C.X., Du, B., Hao, F.H., Lei, H.H., Wan, Q.F., He, G.C., Wang, Y.L. and Tang, H.R., (2017) Dynamic metabolic responses of brown planthoppers towards susceptible and resistant rice plants. Plant Biotechnology Journal 15(10): 1346–1357, doi: 10.1111/pbi.12721.

Liu, J.H., Sun, C.Y., Long, J. and Guo, J.J., (2017) Complete mitogenome of tea green leafhopper, Empoasca onukii (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from Anshun, Guizhou Province in China. Mitochondrial DNA. Part B - Resources 2(2): 808–809, doi: 10.1080/23802359.2017.1398616.

Liu, Y.L., Wang, Y.L., Shu, C.L., Lin, K.J., Song, F.P., Bravo, A., Soberon, M. and Zhang, J., (2018) Cry64Ba and Cry64Ca, two ETX/MTX2-type Bacillus thuringiensis insecticidal proteins active against hemipteran pests. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 84(3), doi: 10.1128/AEM.01996-17. [Laodelphax striatellus, Sogatella furcifera]

Liu, Y.Y., Mao, Q.Z., Lan, H.H., Wang, H.T., Wei, T.Y. and Chen, Q., (2018) Investigation of alimentary canal ultrastructure following knockdown of the Dicer-2 gene in planthoppers reveals the potential pathogenicity of southern rice black streaked dwarf virus to its insect vector. Virus Research 244: 117–127, doi: 10.1016/j.virusres.2017.11.012  [white backed planthoppers]

Mejdalani, G., Pecly, N.H. and Quintas, V., (2018) Oragua Melichar, 1926: key to species from southeastern Brazil and a new species from Rio de Janeiro State (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellini). Studies on Neotropical Fauna & Environment 53(1): 22–28, doi: 10.1080/01650521.2017.1371966.

Meshram, N.M., Rai, S., Rajgopal, N.N. and Ramya, N., (2018) Two new species of tribe Agalliini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Megophthalminae) with note on intraspecific variations. Zootaxa 4378(3): 442–450, doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4378.3.11.

Paladini, A., Takiya, D.M., Urban, J.M. and Cryan, J.R., (2018) New World spittlebugs (Hemiptera: Cercopidae: Ischnorhininae): Dated molecular phylogeny, classification, and evolution of aposematic coloration. Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution 120: 321–334, doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2017.12.020.

Rahman, M.A., Kwon, Y.J. and Suh, S.J., (2018) Three new species of the genus Kuvera Distant (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae) from Korea. Oriental Insects 52(1): 66–78, doi: 10.1080/00305316.2017.1344741.

Ramos Hernandez, E., Magana Alejandro, M.A., Ortiz Garcia, C.F., Propeza Salin, C., Lesher Gordillo, J.M. and Sanchez Soto, S., (2018) The coconut pathosystem: weed hosts of nymphs of the American palm Cixiid Haplaxius crudus (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea). Journal of Natural History 52(5–6): 255–268, doi: 10.1080/00222933.2017.1420832.

Sann, C., Theodorou, P., Heong, K.L., Villareal, S., Settele, J., Vidal, S. and Westphal, C., (2018) Hopper parasitoids do not significantly benefit from non-crop habitats in rice production landscapes Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment 254: 224–232, doi: 10.1016/j.agee.2017.11.035. [Nilaparvata lugens, Nephotettix spp]

Shao, E.S., Lin, L., Liu, S.J., Zhang, J., Chen, X.L., Sha, L., Huang, Z.P., Huang, B.W. and Guan, X., (2018) Analysis of homologs of Cry-toxin receptor-related proteins in the midgut of a non-Bt target, Nilaparvata lugens (Stal) (Hemiptera: Delphacidae). Journal of Insect Science 18(1), doi: 10.1093/jisesa/iex102.

Shi, X.X., Huang, Y.J., Begum, M.A., Zhu, M.F., Li, F.Q., Zhang, M.J., Zhou, W.W., Mao, C.G. and Zhu, Z.R., (2018) A neutral ceramidase, NlnCDase, is involved in the stress responses of brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens (Stal). Scientific Reports 8, doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-19219-y.

Singh, S., Gupta, M., Pandher, S., Kaur, G., Rathore, P. and Palli, S.R., (2018) Selection of housekeeping genes and demonstration of RNAi in cotton leafhopper, Amrasca biguttula biguttula (Ishida). PLoS ONE 13(1), doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0191116.

Sisterson, M.S., Krugner, R., Wallis, C.M. and Stenger, D.C., (2018) Effects of energy reserves and diet on Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter egg maturation. Journal of Economic Entomology 111(1): 159–169, doi: 10.1093/jee/tox314.

Stroinski, A., Malenovsky, I. and Swierczewski, D., (2018) Socoflata gen. nov., described for two new planthopper species from the mountains in Socotra island (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Flatidae). Zootaxa 4379(3): 388–406, doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4379.3.3.

Sun, S.S., Bao, Y.X., Wu, Y., Lu, M.H. and Tuan, H.A., (2018) Analysis of the huge immigration of Sogatella furcifera (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) to southern China in the spring of 2012. Environmental Entomology 47(1): 8–18, doi: 10.1093/ee/nvx181.

Tiefenbrunner, D. and Tiefenbrunner, W., (2017) Some viticulturally relevant neozoans and related indigenous species in the surroundings of vineyards of the southwestern slopes of the Leithagebirge. Part 2: Grape damaging and other Auchenorrhyncha (Hemiptera). Mitteilungen Klosterneuburg 67(3): 158–176. [in German]

Uchiyama, H., Maehara, S., Ohta, H., Seki, T. and Tanaka, Y., (2018) Elevenin regulates the body color through a G protein-coupled receptor NlA42 in the brown planthopper Nilaparvata lugens. General and Comparative Endocrinology 258: 33–38, doi: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2017.07.017.

Vandegehuchte, M.L., Trivellone, V., Schutz, M., Firn, J., de Schaetzen, F. and Risch, A.C., (2018) Mammalian herbivores affect leafhoppers associated with specific plant functional types at different timescales. Functional Ecology 32(2): 545–555, doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.12989.

Viraktamath, C.A. and Webb, M.D., (2018) Revision of the evacanthine leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Evacanthinae) of the Indian subcontinent. Zootaxa 4386(1): 1–78, doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4386.1.1

Viraktamath, C.A. and Wilson, M.R., (2018) New species of the leafhopper genera Sophonia and Stenotortor (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Evacanthinae) from the Oriental region. Zootaxa 4378(3): 356–366, doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4378.3.4.

Viraktamath, C.A. and Yeshwanth, H.M., (2017) New and little known deltocephaline leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from the Indian subcontinent. Insect Diversity and Taxonomy T.C.N. Com. Nov. 2017: 39–74, doi:

Wang, D.D., Huang, Z., He, H. and Wei, C., (2018) Comparative analysis of microbial communities associated with bacteriomes, reproductive organs and eggs of the cicada Subpsaltria yangi. Archives of Microbiology 200(2): 227–235, doi: 10.1007/s00203-017-1432-8.

Wang, J.W., Liu, Q.Z., Wei, W., Davis, R.E., Tan, Y., Lee, I.M., Zhu, D.Z., Wei, H.R. and Zhao, Y., (2018) Multilocus genotyping identifies a highly homogeneous phytoplasma lineage associated with sweet cherry virescence disease in China and its carriage by an erythroneurine leafhopper. Crop Protection 106: 13–22, doi: 10.1016/j.cropro.2017.12.005 [Erythroneura sudra]

Wang, Y., Dietrich, C.H. and Zhang, Y.L., (2017) Phylogeny and historical biogeography of leafhopper subfamily Evacanthinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) based on morphological and molecular data. Scientific Reports 7, doi: 10.1038/srep45387.

Waqas, M., Shahzad, R., Hamayun, M., Asaf, S., Khan, A.L., Kang, S.M., Yun, S., Kim, K.M. and Lee, I.J., (2018) Biochar amendment changes jasmonic acid levels in two rice varieties and alters their resistance to herbivory. PLoS ONE 13(1), doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0191296. [White backed planthopper, Sogatella furcifera]

Wu, S.F., Li, J., Zhang, Y. and Gao, C.F., (2018) Transferrin family genes in the Brown Planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) in response to three insecticides. Journal of Economic Entomology 111(1): 375–381, doi: 10.1093/jee/tox321.

Zhang, Y.H., Ji, J.Y., Zhao, X., Jin, R.H., Li, J.H. and Wan, H., (2017) Expression, purification and enzymatic properties of a beta-N-acetylhexosaminidase from brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 20(4): 1340–1343, doi: 10.1016/j.aspen.2017.10.005.

Zhang, Y.J., Chen, W.L., Yang, L., Chen, X.S., Dong, M.S. and Li, X., (2018) Sequence analysis of mtDNA gene and genetic differentiation in geographic populations of Empoasca onukii in Southestwest (Guizhou Province) of China. International Journal of Agriculture and Biology 20(2): 404–414, doi: 10.17957/IJAB/15.0542.

Zhi, Y., Yang, L., Zhang, P. and Chen, X.S., (2018) Two new species of the genus Andixius Emeljanov & Hayashi from China (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Cixiidae) Zookeys 739: 55–64, doi: 10.3897/zookeys.739.13043.

Zhou, J.M., Yan, J., You, K.K., Chen, X., Yuan, Z.N., Zhou, Q. and Lu, K., (2018) Characterization of a Nilaparvata lugens (Stal) brummer gene and analysis of its role in lipid metabolism. Archives of Insect Biochemistry & Physiology 97(3), doi: 10.1002/arch.21442.

Zimmer, C.T., Garrood, W.T., Singh, K.S., Randall, E., Lueke, B., Gutbrod, O., Matthiesen, S., Kohler, M., Nauen, R., Davies, T.G.E. and Bass, C., (2018) Neofunctionalization of duplicated P450 genes drives the evolution of insecticide resistance in the brown planthopper. Current Biology 28(2): 268–274, doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.11.060.

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Al-Subhi, A., Hogenhout, S.A., Al-Yahyai, R.A. and Al-Sadi, A.M., (2017) Classification of a new phytoplasmas subgroup 16SrII-W associated with Crotalaria witches' broom diseases in Oman based on multigene sequence analysis. BMC Microbiology 17, doi: 10.1186/s12866-017-1130-3. [putative vector is Orosius sp.]

An, S.B., Choi, J.Y., Lee, S.H., Fang, Y., Kim, J.H., Park, D.H., Park, M.G., Woo, R.M., Kim, W.J. and Je, Y.H., (2017) Silencing of rice stripe virus in Laodelphax striatellus using virus-derived double-stranded RNAs. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 20(2): 695–698, doi: 10.1016/j.aspen.2017.04.009.

Ardanuy, A., Lee, M.S. and Albajes, R., (2018) Landscape context influences leafhopper and predatory Orius spp. abundances in maize fields. Agricultural & Forest Entomology 20(1): 81–92, doi: 10.1111/afe.12231. [Zyginidia scutellaris]

Bahar, M.H., Wist, T.J., Bekkaoui, D.R., Hegedus, D.D. and Olivier, C.Y., (2018) Aster leafhopper survival and reproduction, and Aster yellows transmission under static and fluctuating temperatures, using ddPCR for phytoplasma quantification. Scientific Reports 8, doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-18437-0. [Macrosteles quadrilineatus]

Campodonico, J.F. and Zahniser, J.N., (2017) A new genus and species of grass specialist short-winged leafhopper from Chile and Argentina (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Faltalini). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 57(2): 381–390, doi: 10.1515/aemnp-2017-0082.

Chandler, D.S. and Hamilton, K.G.A., (2017) Biodiversity and ecology of the leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) of New Hampshire. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 143(4): 773–971, doi:

Chen, X., Li, G.Q., Wan, P.J. and Fu, Q., (2017) Efficient RNA interference for three neuronally-expressed genes in Nilaparvata lugens (Stål) (Hemiptera: Delphacidae). Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 20(2): 513–519, doi: 10.1016/j.aspen.2017.03.009.

Chuche, J., Danet, J.L., Rivoal, J.B., Arricau-Bouvery, N. and Thiery, D., (2018) Minor cultures as hosts for vectors of extensive crop diseases: Does Salvia sclarea act as a pathogen and vector reservoir for lavender decline? Journal of Pest Science 91(1): 145–155, doi: 10.1007/s10340-017-0885-5. [vector is Hyalesthes obsoletus]

Constant, J. and Pham, H.T., (2017) Indochinese Polydictya lanternflies: Two new species from Vietnam, identification key and notes on P. vietnamica (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoridae). European Journal of Entomology 114: 279–290, doi: 10.14411/eje.2017.034.

Das, R., Devee, A. and Baruah, A.R., (2017) Leafhopper (Cicadellidae: Hemiptera) complex of Assam and their molecular variability. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 20(3): 776–786, doi: 10.1016/j.aspen.2017.04.001.

Dietrich, C.H. and Thomas, M.J., (2018) New eurymeline leafhoppers (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Eurymelinae) from Eocene Baltic amber with notes on other fossil Cicadellidae. Zookeys 726: 131–143, doi: 10.3897/zookeys.726.21976.

Du, Y.M., Dai, W. and Dietrich, C.H., (2017) Mitochondrial genomic variation and phylogenetic relationships of three groups in the genus Scaphoideus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) Scientific Reports 7, doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-17145-z.

Elzaki, M.E.A., Miah, M.A. and Han, Z.J., (2017) Buprofezin is metabolized by CYP353D1v2, a cytochrome P450 associated with imidacloprid resistance in Laodelphax striatellus. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 18(12), doi: 10.3390/ijms18122564.

Espinosa, M.S. and Virla, E.G., (2018) Egg maturation by Gonatopus bonaerensis (Hymenoptera: Dryinidae) when provided with two species of planthopper (Delphacidae) as hosts. Biological Control 117: 123–127, doi: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2017.11.001.

Fang, Y., Kim, W.J., Lee, S.H., Kim, J.H., Ha, K.B., Park, D.H., Woo, R.M., Park, M.G., Choi, J.Y. and Je, Y.H., (2017) The transcriptomic responses of small brown planthopper, Laodelphax striatellus upon juvenile hormone agonist and antagonist treatment. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 20(2): 529–534, doi: 10.1016/j.aspen.2016.12.014.

Fontenele, R.S., Alves-Freitas, D.M.T., Silva, P.I.T., Foresti, J., Silva, P.R., Godinho, M.T., Varsani, A. and Ribeiro, S.G., (2018) Discovery of the first maize-infecting mastrevirus in the Americas using a vector-enabled metagenomics approach. Archives of Virology 163(1): 263–267, doi: 10.1007/s00705-017-3571-2. [Dalbulus maidis]

Hidaka, K. and Andow, D.A., (2017) Natural farming and rice planthoppers in Western Japan. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems 41(9–10): 1052–1067, doi: 10.1080/21683565.2017.1345032.

Horgan, F.G., Srinivasan, T.S., Bentur, J.S., Kumar, R., Bhanu, K.V., Sarao, P.S., Chien, H.V., Almazan, M.L.P., Bernal, C.C., Ramal, A.F., Ferrater, J.B. and Huang, S.H., (2017) Geographic and research center origins of rice resistance to Asian planthoppers and leafhoppers: implications for rice breeding and gene deployment. Agronomy-Basel 7(4), doi: 10.3390/agronomy7040062. [Nilaparvata lugens, Sogatella furcifera]

Hu, L., Wu, Y., Wu, D., Rao, W.W., Guo, J.P., Ma, Y.H., Wang, Z.Z., Shangguan, X.X., Wang, H.Y., Xu, C.X., Huang, J., Shi, S.J., Chen, R.Z., Du, B., Zhu, L.L. and He, G.C., (2017) The coiled-coil and nucleotide binding domains of BROWN PLANTHOPPER RESISTANCE 14 function in signaling and resistance against planthopper in rice. Plant Cell 29(12): 3157–3185, doi: 10.1105/tpc.17.00263.

Invernizzi, C., Nogueira, E., Juri, P., Santos, E., Arredondo, D., Branchiccela, B., Mendoza, Y. and Antunez, K., (2018) Epormenis cestri secretions in Sebastiania schottiana trees cause mass death of honey bee Apis mellifera larvae in Uruguay. PLoS ONE 13(1), doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0190697.

Klimes, P., Borovanska, M., Plowman, N.S. and Leponce, M., (2018) How common is trophobiosis with hoppers (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha) inside ant nests (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)? Novel interactions from New Guinea and a worldwide overview. Myrmecological News 26: 31–45. Online Earlier, for print 2018, doi:

Kment, P. and Lemaitre, V.A., (2017) Review of the taxa named in honour of Rauno E. Linnavuori. Entomologica Americana 122(4): 730–742, doi:

Kobori, Y. and Hanboonsong, Y., (2017) Corrigenda to "Effect of temperature on the development and reproduction of the sugarcane white leaf insect vector, Matsumuratettix hiroglyphicus (Matsumura) (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae)". Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 20(2): 739, doi: 10.1016/j.aspen.2017.02.008.

Kobori, Y. and Hanboonsong, Y., (2017) Effect of temperature on the development and reproduction of the sugarcane white leaf insect vector, Matsumuratettix hiroglyphicus (Matsumura) (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae). Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 20(1): 281–284, doi:

Krstic, O., Cvrkovic, T., Mitrovic, M., Radonjic, S., Hrncic, S., Tosevski, I. and Jovic, J., (2018) Wolbachia infection in natural populations of Dictyophara europaea, an alternative vector of grapevine Flavescence doree phytoplasma: effects and interactions. Annals of Applied Biology 172(1): 47–64, doi: 10.1111/aab.12400.

Kwon, D.H., Kim, S.J., Kang, T.J., Lee, J.H. and Kim, D.H., (2017) Analysis of the molecular phylogenetics and genetic structure of an invasive alien species, Ricania shantungensis, in Korea. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 20(3): 901–906, doi: 10.1016/j.aspen.2017.06.008.

Lemaitre, V.A., McKamey, S.H. and Kment, P., (2017) List of Cicadomorpha taxa described by Rauno E. Linnavuori (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha). Entomologica Americana 122(4): 632–729, doi:

Liu, J.L., Li, Z.H., Zhang, H.M., Du, H.T., Ding, X., Zhou, Y.D., Wu, J.C. and Wong, A., (2017) Comparative study of the sublethal effects of indoxacarb on juvenile hormone titer and juvenile hormone esterase mRNA expression of Nilaparvata lugens and Chilo suppressalis in rice. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 20(2): 441–448, doi: 10.1016/j.aspen.2017.02.014.

Liu, S.H., Wang, A.Y., Yang, B.J., Luo, J. and Tang, J., (2017) Knockdown of an ABC transporter leads to bright red eyes in the brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens (Stål) (Hemiptera: Delphacidae). Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 20(2): 421–428, doi: 10.1016/j.aspen.2017.01.015.

Lu, K., Chen, X., Li, W.R., Li, Y., Zhang, Z.C. and Zhou, Q., (2018) Insulin-like peptides and DNA/tRNA methyltransferases are involved in the nutritional regulation of female reproduction in Nilaparvata lugens (Stål). Gene 639: 96–105, doi: 10.1016/j.gene.2017.10.011.

Lu, K., Wang, Y., Chen, X., Zhang, Z.C., Li, Y., Li, W.R. and Zhou, Q., (2017) Characterization and functional analysis of a carboxylesterase gene associated with chlorpyrifos resistance in Nilaparvata lugens (Stål). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology C - Toxicology and Pharmacology 203: 12–20, doi: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2017.10.005.

Lu, L. and Zhang, Y.L., (2018) Review of the Afrotropical genus Dwightla McKamey (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Selenocephalini) with description of a new species from Nigeria. Zootaxa 4370(3): 267–270, doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4370.3.4.

Lu, L. and Zhang, Y.L., (2018) Taxonomy of the Oriental leafhopper genus Favintiga Webb (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Drabescini) with description of a new species from China. Zootaxa 4370(4): 446–450, doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4370.4.10.

Malathi, V.M., Jalali, S.K., Lyju, V.J., Gracy, R.G., More, R.P., Anandham, R., Thulasi, A. and Venkatesan, T., (2017) Associated bacterial diversity of insecticide-susceptible and -resistant brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens (Homoptera: Delphacidae) analyzed by culture-dependent and -independent methods. Phytoparasitica 45(5): 683–693, doi: 10.1007/s12600-017-0629-3.

Matsumura, M., Sanada-Morimura, S., Otuka, A., Sonoda, S., Thanh, D.V., Chien, H.V., Tuong, P.V., Loc, P.M., Liu, Z.W., Zhu, Z.R., Li, J.H., Wu, G. and Huang, S.H., (2018) Insecticide susceptibilities of the two rice planthoppers Nilaparvata lugens and Sogatella furcifera in East Asia, the Red River Delta, and the Mekong Delta. Pest Management Science 74(2): 456–464, doi: 10.1002/ps.4729.

Narvaez, M., Vazquez-Euan, R., Harrison, N.A., Nic-Matos, G., Julia, J.F., Dzido, J.L., Fabre, S., Dollet, M. and Oropeza, C., (2018) Presence of 16SrIV phytoplasmas of subgroups A, D and E in planthopper Haplaxius crudus Van Duzee insects in Yucatan, Mexico. 3 Biotech 8, doi: 10.1007/s13205-018-1094-5.

Peng, L., Zhao, Y., Wang, H.Y., Song, C.P., Shangguan, X.X., Ma, Y.H., Zhu, L.L. and He, G.C., (2017) Functional study of Cytochrome P450 enzymes from the brown planthopper (Nilaparvata lugens Stål) to analyze its adaptation to BPH-resistant rice. Frontiers in Physiology 8, doi: 10.3389/fphys.2017.00972.

Reynolds, D.R., Chapman, J.W. and Stewart, A.J.A., (2017) Windborne migration of Auchenorrhyncha (Hemiptera) over Britain. European Journal of Entomology 114: 554–564, doi: 10.14411/eje.2017.070.

Shangguan, X.X., Zhang, J., Liu, B.F., Zhao, Y., Wang, H.Y., Wang, Z.Z., Guo, J.P., Rao, W.W., Jing, S.L., Guan, W., Ma, Y.H., Wu, Y., Hu, L., Chen, R.Z., Du, B., Zhu, L.L., Yu, D.Z. and He, G.C., (2018) A mucin-like protein of planthopper is required for feeding and induces immunity response in plants. Plant Physiology 176(1): 552–565, doi: 10.1104/pp.17.00755. [Nilaparvata lugens]

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