James Norman Zahniser

James Norman Zahniser, United States entomologist.

Department of Entomology, University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign and Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign, USA
USDA-APHIS-PPQ, 9777, Via de la Amistad, San Diego, CA. 92154.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

Zahniser, J.N. 2008. Seven new species and new distributions of Old World Chiasmini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae), with a redescription, key to genera, and species checklist for the tribe. Zootaxa 1808: 1–32. Abstract & excerpt DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1808.1.1 Reference page.
Zahniser, J.N. & Dietrich, C.H. 2008. Phylogeny of the leafhopper subfamily Deltocephalinae (Insecta: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae) and related subfamilies based on morphology. Systematics and biodiversity 6(1): 1–24. DOI: 10.1017/S1477200007002617 Reference page.

Nielson, M.W. & Zahniser, J.N. 2012. On the unassigned species of the subfamily Coelidiinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae). Zootaxa 3279: 63–68. Preview Reference page.
Zahniser, J.N. 2012. New generic synonymies and combinations in Chiasmini (Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae). International Journal of Tropical Insect Science 32(3): 173–176. DOI: 10.1017/S1742758412000264 [nonfunctional] . Reference page.
Zahniser, J.N. & Nielson, M.W. 2012. An extraordinary new genus and three new species of Acostemmini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from Madagascar with comments on the morphology and classification of the tribe. Zootaxa 3209: 28–52. Preview Reference page.

Zahniser, J.N. & Dietrich, C. 2013. A review of the tribes of Deltocephalinae (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae). European journal of taxonomy (45) DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2013.45 Reference page.

Pinedo-Escatel, J.A., Zahniser, J.N., Dietrich, C.H. & Moya-Raygoza, G. 2016. Duocrassana longula, new genus and species of leafhopper (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from southern Mexico and its relationship to other genera in Athysanini. Zootaxa 4196(4): 579–588. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4196.4.7. Reference page.

Dai, W., Zahniser, J.N., Viraktamath, C.A. & Webb, M.D. 2017. Punctulini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae), a new leafhopper tribe from the Oriental region and Pacific Islands. Zootaxa 4226(2): 229–248. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4226.2.4. Reference page.
Dmitriev, D.A. & Zahniser, J.N. 2017. A new species and a new form of leafhopper from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae). Zootaxa 4329(1): 81–85. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4329.1.4. Full article (PDF) Reference page.

Paradell, S. & Zahniser, J.N. 2018. Designation of a neotype for Clorindaia hecaloides Linnavuori (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Faltalini). Zootaxa 4532(2): 293–295. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4532.2.9 Reference page.

Dietrich, C.H. & Zahniser, J.N. 2019. Review of the leafhopper genus Makilingia Baker (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Mileewinae). Zootaxa 4559(3): 473–500. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4559.3.3 Reference page.
He, Z., Zhang, Y., McKamey, S.H. & Zahniser, J.N. 2019. The Chinese Hecalina (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Hecalini) with descriptions of a new genus and seven new species. Zootaxa 4679(2): 257–285. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4679.2.3 Reference page.