Spartidelphax luteivittus (Walker, 1851) Walker, 1851

Bartlett, Charles R. & Webb, Mick D., 2014, The planthopper genus Spartidelphax, a new segregate of Nearctic Delphacodes (Hemiptera, Delphacidae), ZooKeys 453, pp. 19-36 : 29

Taxon classification Animalia Hemiptera Delphacidae

Spartidelphax luteivittus (Walker, 1851) comb. n. Figures 6, 7

Delphax luteivitta Walker, 1851: 354.

Dicranotropis (?) luteivitta (Walker, 1851); comb. by Van Duzee 1916: 84.

Stenocranus luteivitta (Walker, 1851); comb. by Muir and Giffard 1924: 12; to incertae sedis by Beamer (1946: 1).

Delphacodes luteivitta (Walker, 1851); comb. by Bartlett 2010: 472.

Type locality.

Florida, Duval County, St. Johns Bluff.

Remarks.

The male holotype of Delphax luteivitta (at BMNH) is in poor condition (Figs 6-7). The specimen is shriveled and damaged, making the proportions of the head suspect. The coloration and habitus are similar to the other species of Spartidelphax . The wings are frayed and fragmentary with the forewing of only one side complete (mounted on specimen card, Fig. 7A). The abdomen has been removed for dissection, and only portions of the abdomen remain. The aedeagus (Fig. 7) although similar to the other species of Spartidelphax is missing the distal third, which bears the most definitive features separating Spartidelphax detectus and Spartidelphax penedetectus , with much of the base obscured by an adhered membrane.

Type material examined.

Holotype Delphax luteivitta Walker, 1851 (male, BPBM) "5 41 17 229 (circular label, reading clockwise, meaning entry 229 of May 17, 1841)) // Type (circular label, green boarder) // Delphax / luteivittata [sic] Walk. / TYPE (handwritten)".