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. & 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 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.