Jason Cryan - Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Jason Cryan - Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Jason Cryan - Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
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Economic Impact<br />
!Grass-feeding spittlebugs are a major biotic limit to forage grass, milk, and<br />
beef production in rangelands and pastures of the Neotropics (Valério<br />
et al. 1996)<br />
!in Colombia alone, annual damage is estimated at US $8.5-34.0 million<br />
(Holmann & Peck 2002)<br />
Brachiaria decumbens<br />
Hamilton, 2001<br />
Hypothesis 1: reclassification of<br />
families -- Cercopidae,<br />
Clastopteridae, & Epipygidae<br />
Sugarcane Lucerne Scotch Blight Pine Dwarf Blight Peach Disease Gummosis<br />
Carvalho & Webb, 2005<br />
Hypothesis 2: NW Cercopidae<br />
constitute monophyletic lineage<br />
-- subfamily Ischnorhininae<br />
Delphacidae<br />
Cixiidae<br />
Tropiduchidae<br />
Dictyopharidae<br />
Fulgoridae<br />
Pemmation aspera<br />
Putoniessa rivularis<br />
Flexamia areolata<br />
Paracephalelus brunneus<br />
Guayaquila gracilicornis<br />
Ophiderma definita<br />
Deiroderes inermis<br />
Aetalion reticulatum<br />
Gerridius fowleri<br />
Lophyraspis sp.<br />
Froggatoides typicus<br />
Pauropsalta corticinus<br />
Tettigarcta crinita<br />
Tettigarcta tomentosa<br />
Pectinariophyes reticulata<br />
Clastoptera proteus<br />
Clastoptera brunnea<br />
Clastoptera obtusa<br />
Clastoptera testacea<br />
Cosmocarta sp.<br />
Aeneolamia contigua<br />
Prosapia bicincta<br />
Zulia vilior<br />
Mahanarva costaricensis<br />
Neophilaenus lineatus<br />
Philaenus spumarius<br />
Philaenus maghresignus<br />
Epipyga n.sp. (afasciata?)<br />
Evexus n.sp. 1 (rakitovi?)<br />
Evexus n.sp. 2 (emphatica?)<br />
Cephisus siccifolius<br />
Lepyronia coleopterata<br />
Lepyronia quadrangularis<br />
Liorhina sp.<br />
Aphrophora cribrata<br />
Aphrophora alni<br />
Cicadomorpha<br />
<strong>Cryan</strong>, 2005:<br />
Systematic Entomology<br />
Project: Cercopoidea<br />
Membracoidea<br />
Cicadoidea<br />
Cercopoidea<br />
!Large-scale phylogenetic investigation of neglected superfamily<br />
!Tests Tests of classification at multiple taxonomic levels<br />
!Biogeography & <strong>Biology</strong><br />
!NSF proposal in review<br />
!Proposed data set: 500 taxa / 5 genes<br />
!Preliminary data set: 178 taxa / 3 genes
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