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Sharpshooters, Leafhoppers, Cicadellidae (Insecta: Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae)
EDIS, 2005 Sharpshooter is a term commonly used to describe a group of leafhoppers in the family Cicadellidae. There have been several explanations for the use of this term.
Chris Tipping, Russell F. Mizell, III
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XadA2 Adhesin Decreases Biofilm Formation and Transmission of Xylella fastidiosa subsp. pauca
Insects, 2020 Xylella fastidiosa is a vector-borne bacterium that causes diseases in many plants of economic interest. The bacterium–vector initial interactions involve bacterial membrane-bound adhesins that mediate cell attachment to the foregut of insect vectors. We
Mariana Bossi Esteves +8 more
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A new sharpshooter threatens both crops and ornamentals
California Agriculture, 1999 The glassy-winged sharpshooter (Homalodisca coagulata), an insect that has recently invaded California, and the smoke tree sharpshooter (Homalodisca lacerta) are creating serious new economic problems in both agricultural and ornamental plantings.
M Blua, P Phillips, R Redak
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PLoS ONE, 2022 Xylella fastidiosa is a multi-continental, lethal, plant pathogenic bacterium that is transmitted by sharpshooter leafhoppers (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellinae) and adult spittlebugs (Hemiptera: Aphrophoridae).
Ian M Marcus +4 more
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Insects, 2022 Dissecting the heads of small insects belonging to the order Hemiptera for detailed anatomical investigation with light or scanning electron microscopy is difficult, time-consuming, and destructive, often resulting in sample preparation artifacts ...
Nabil Killiny, Craig R. Brodersen
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Three new species of Atkinsoniella (Arthropoda, Insecta, Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Cicadellinae) from China, with an updated checklist to the known species worldwide [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2023 The sharpshooter genus Atkinsoniella Distant, 1908 includes 99 valid species worldwide. Here, three new species from China are described and illustrated: Atkinsoniella stenopyga, A. wangi, and A. yingjiangensis spp. nov. An updated checklist of the known
Yan Jiang, Xiao-fei Yu, Mao-fa Yang
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EDIS, 2004 The glassy-winged sharpshooter, Homalodisca coagulata (Say), is a large leafhopper species native to the southeastern United States. It is one of the main vectors of the bacterium Xylella fastidiosa, a plant pathogen that causes a variety of plant ...
Tracy Conklin, Russell F. Mizell, III
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mSphere, 2023 The glassy-winged sharpshooter, Homalodisca vitripennis Germar, is an invasive xylem-feeding leafhopper with a devastating economic impact on California agriculture through transmission of the plant pathogen, Xylella fastidiosa.
Cassandra L. Ettinger +10 more
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Functional foregut anatomy of the blue–green sharpshooter illustrated using a 3D model
Scientific Reports, 2021 Sharpshooter leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellinae) are important vectors of the plant pathogenic bacterium Xylella fastidiosa Wells et al. (Xanthomonadales: Xanthomonadaceae). This pathogen causes economically significant diseases in olive,
Daniel White +4 more
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Zoologia (Curitiba), 2012 A new species of Tipuana Melichar, 1926, T. similis sp. nov., is described and illustrated based on specimens from the state of Amazonas, northern Brazil. The new taxon is externally very similar to T. chirensis Young, 1977.
Rodney Ramiro Cavichioli +1 more
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