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The leafhopper genus Giprus (Homoptera:Cicadellidae)

Creator:

Sawbridge, Jane Rosamund

Abstract:

Members of the deltocephaline leafhopper genus Giprus Oman live on grasses, primarily in the desert-scrub, chaparral, and marine sand dune communities of western North America. Of 16 known species, 10 are undescribed. Recharacterization of the genus results in exclusion of Laevicephalus incongruus Oman. Differentiation of species is primarily dependent on...

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Masters Thesis
The leafhopper genus Tiaja Oman (Homoptera:Cicadellidae), with a contribution to the biosystematics of the group

Creator:

Sawbridge, Jane Rosamund

Abstract:

The genus Tiaja Oman consists of eight known species of flightless leafhoppers of the subfamily Megophthalminae found along the western coast of North America between British Columbia and northern Mexico. Species occurring from the San Francisco Bay area northward are restricted to a narrow coastal zone within 1 km of...

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Dissertation