Document Type
Peer-Review Article
Abstract
A new species, Flexamia huroni, is described from a prairie fen in south- eastern Michigan. This leafhopper is closely related to the western F. serrata B & T, a specialist on mat muhly (Muhlenbergia richardsonis). Like its sister species, F. huroni was found only in close association with mat muhly, a grass listed as a threatened species in Michigan and Wisconsin. The regional rarity of mat muhly, its association with a globally imperiled plant commnity (prairie fen) and the absence of F. huroni from several fens known to contain this grass, make this new Flexamia a strong candidate for listing as endangered in Michigan.
Recommended Citation
Bess, James A. and Hamilton, K. G. A.
1999.
"A New Flexamia (Homoptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) From Southern Michigan,"
The Great Lakes Entomologist, vol 32
(1)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22543/0090-0222.1973
Available at:
https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle/vol32/iss1/2