A new species of parasitoid wasp, Meteorus rugonasus Shaw and Jones (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), is described from the Yanayacu Biological Station, Napo Province, Ecuador. The new species is diagnosed and compared to other species in the genus. It was reared from larvae of Pteronymia zerlina (Hewitson, 1855) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae, Ithomiinae) found feeding on leaves of Solanum (Solanaceae). T...

Introduction Identification of vectors and potential vectors of Grapevine yellows (GY) diseases is crucial for epidemiology and control of these important diseases (Boudon-Padieu, 2005). Few information are reported in literature concerning the specificity of vector transmission of phytoplasmas. Some phytoplasma strains seem to be specifically transmitted, for example phytoplasmas in the Elm ye...

Calleida desenderi Casale, sp. n., is described from Ecuador, Napo Province, surroundings of San Rafael. The new taxon is mostly characterized by the head and appendages rufous, the disc of elytra with marked metallic green reflection, the median lobe of aedeagus ring-like, and the endophallus with a long, twisted flagellum. A key for identification of the closer Neotropical species described s...

Rice stripe mosaic virus (RSMV) is a newly discovered species of cytorhabdovirus infecting rice plants that is transmitted by the leafhopper Recilia dorsalis. In this study, the transmission characteristics of RSMV by R. dorsalis were investigated. Under suitable growth conditions for R. dorsalis, the RSMV acquisition rate reached 71.9% in the second-generation population raised on RSMV-infecte...

A new leafhopper species Bhatia multispinosa Lu & Zhang is described from the Emei Mountains in China. A checklist to the species of Bhatia Distant from China is provided, together with a key for their separation.

The species of the Oriental leafhopper genus Multiformis Li & Li are reviewed. A new species, Multiformis ramosus sp. nov., from Yunnan Province, China is described and a key to all known species of Multiformis is provided.

The big-headed fly Eudorylas schreiteri (Shannon) is recorded for the first time as an endoparasitoid of the corn leafhopper Dalbulus maidis (DeLong & Wolcott) in Northern Argentina. A table of known Neotropical pipunculid-host associations is presented.

A new leafhopper species Maiestas irwinisp. n. is described and illustrated from Australia. A checklist of the genus from the Australian region is provided together with a key to species for males.

A new leafhopper genus and species Forficus maculatus Qu gen. nov., sp. nov. of the subtribe Paraboloponina (Deltocephalinae, Drabescini) are described from China. A checklist to the Paraboloponina from China is given and a key to genera is provided.