title: In the shadow of a megalopolis, a new Flexamia from a threatened grass species in the New Jersey Pine Barrens (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Deltocephalinae, Paralimnini).
abstract: A previously unknown species of the North American leafhopper genus Flexamia, Flexamiawhitcombi sp. n., is described from pinebarren smokegrass (Muhlenbergiatorreyana (Schult.) Hitchc.), a state-listed threatened grass in the New Jersey Pine Barrens. The serrata species group, to which it belongs, is redefined and a key to the species of the group is provided. This is the first reported insect association with Muhlenbergiatorreyana.
authors.affiliation: University of Colorado, Museum of Natural History, Entomology Section, Boulder, CO USA.
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hicks
keywords: Cicadellidae; Deltocephalinae; Flexamia; Hemiptera; Muhlenbergiatorreyana; New Jersey Pine Barrens; leafhopper; new species