COMPARATIVE MORPHOLOGY OF MOUTH PARTS OF ZYGINIDIA-PULLULA, EMPOASCA-VITIS, AND GRAPHOCEPHALA-FENNAHI (HOMOPTERA, AUCHENORRHYNCHA)

Authors
TAVELLA L ARZONE A
Citation
L. Tavella et A. Arzone, COMPARATIVE MORPHOLOGY OF MOUTH PARTS OF ZYGINIDIA-PULLULA, EMPOASCA-VITIS, AND GRAPHOCEPHALA-FENNAHI (HOMOPTERA, AUCHENORRHYNCHA), Bollettino di zoologia, 60(1), 1993, pp. 33-39
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology
Journal title
Bollettino di zoologia → ACNP
ISSN journal
03734137
Volume
60
Issue
1
Year of publication
1993
Pages
33 - 39
Database
ISI
SICI code
0373-4137(1993)60:1<33:CMOMPO>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
Head and mouth structures of the mesophyllomyzous species Zyginidia pu llula (Typhlocybinae), the phloemomyzous Empoasca vitis (Typhlocybinae ), and the xylemomyzous Graphocephala fennahi (Cicadellinae) were exam ined and shown to be very similar. On the other hand, the ratios betwe en the lengths of mandibular and maxillary stylets were closely compar able in the two typhlocybines, but lower than that of the cicadelline, and apparently correlated with the systematic group rather than with the trophic behaviour.