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The community ecology of Ribautodelphax imitans (RIBAUT, 1953) (Hemiptera: Delphacidae), a rare UK planthopper in a distinct grassland habitat

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posted on 2023-07-26, 16:53 authored by Alex D. K. Dittrich, Alvin J. Helden
Ribautodelphax imitans Ribaut. (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) is a rare planthopper throughout its recorded range, and in the UK where it is afforded conservation priority status. Following the discovery of this species on a site in Cambridgeshire, UK in 2010 a study was designed to understand the population status of R. imitans and its place in the Auchenorrhyncha community structure. The species was found not to be rare within the community – in fact it was one of the most abundant delphacids on the site. However, the community was dominated by Javesella pellucida (Fab.). Although the reason for the general rarity of R. imitans on a national scale is still unclear, evidence from the community structure suggests that strong interspecies interactions between other species that it is phenologically synchronous with may be a factor.

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Refereed

  • Yes

Volume

23

Page range

87-96

Publication title

Entomologica Austriaca

ISSN

1681-0406

Publisher

Austrian Entomological Society

Place of publication

Entomologica Austriaca, 23

File version

  • Published version

Language

  • eng

Report type

  • Technical Report

Legacy posted date

2016-04-19

Legacy creation date

2016-08-26

Legacy Faculty/School/Department

ARCHIVED Faculty of Science & Technology (until September 2018)

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