Metadelphax propinqua is a species of delphacid planthoppers in the family Delphacidae. It is found in Africa, Australia, the Caribbean, Europe, Northern Asia (excluding China), Central America, North America, Oceania, South America, and Southern Asia.Bartlett C, Webb M (2014). "The planthopper genus Spartidelphax, a new segregate of Nearctic Delphacodes (Hemiptera, Delphacidae)". ZooKeys 453: 19-36. It is an introduced species in the Nearctic and Neotropic.Bugguide.net. Metadelphax propinqua
References
Gonzon, Anthony T., and Charles R. Bartlett (2007). "Systematics of Hadropygos n.g., Metadelphax Wagner and New World Toya Distant (Hemiptera: Delphacidae)". Transactions of the American Entomological Society, vol. 133, no. 3+4, 205-277.
Further reading
Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
External links
NCBI Taxonomy Browser, Metadelphax propinqua