genus

Aphrodes Curtis, 1831

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (36)

Aphrodes Curtis, 1831a: 193.
Acucephalus Germar, 1833a: 181.
type species by subsequent designation Cicada striata Fabricius, 1787 in Kirkaldy, 1901e: 219
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Acocephalus [sic] Germar, 1833 in Burmeister, 1835a: 111.
Pholetaera Zetterstedt, 1837a: 288.
type species by original designation Cercopis rustica Fabricius, 1775
Acocephalus [sic] Germar, 1833 (misspelling of Acucephalus Germar, 1833) in Agassiz, 1848a: 19.
Acocephalus [sic] (Acocephalus [sic]) Germar, 1833 in Flor, 1861a: 198.
Cicada (Pholetaera) Zetterstedt, 1837 in Thomson, 1862a: 124.
Pholetera [sic] Zetterstedt, 1837 in Bellevoye, 1866a: 145.
Pholetera [sic] Zetterstedt, 1837 (misspelling of Pholetaera Zetterstedt, 1837) in Bellevoye, 1866a: 145.
Aeocephalus [sic] Burmeister, 1835 in Brischke, 1871a: 39.
Aeocephalus [sic] Burmeister, 1835 (misspelling of Acocephalus [sic] Germar, 1833) in Brischke, 1871a: 39.
Acocepbalus [sic] Burmeister, 1835 in Horváth, 1891b: 46.
Apterodes [sic] Curtis, 1831 in Buckton, 1891b: 58.
Acocepbalus [sic] Burmeister, 1835 (misspelling of Acocephalus [sic] Germar, 1833) in Horváth, 1891b: 46.
Apterodes [sic] Curtis, 1831 (misspelling of Aphrodes Curtis, 1831) in Buckton, 1891b: 58.
Aprodes [sic] Curtis, 1831 in Melichar, 1896a: 197.
Aprodes [sic] Curtis, 1831 (misspelling of Aphrodes Curtis, 1831) in Melichar, 1896a: 197.
Acucephalus Germar, 1833 (subjective synonym of Aphrodes Curtis, 1831) in Kirkaldy, 1901d: 179.
Pholetaera Zetterstedt, 1837 (subjective synonym of Aphrodes Curtis, 1831) in Kirkaldy, 1903c: 215.
Aucucephalus [sic] Germar, 1833 in Britton, 1920a: 354.
Aucucephalus [sic] Germar, 1833 (misspelling of Acucephalus Germar, 1833) in Britton, 1920a: 354.
Aphroderes [sic] Curtis, 1831 in Haupt, 1928a: 92.
Aphroderes [sic] Curtis, 1831 (misspelling of Aphrodes Curtis, 1831) in Haupt, 1928a: 92.
Acrocephalus [sic] Burmeister, 1835 in Halbert, 1935a: 309.
Acrocephalus [sic] Burmeister, 1835 (misspelling of Acocephalus [sic] Germar, 1833) in Halbert, 1935a: 309.
Acocephala [sic] Burmeister, 1835 in Evans, 1955a: 15.
Acocephala [sic] Burmeister, 1835 (misspelling of Acocephalus [sic] Germar, 1833) in Evans, 1955a: 15.
Accephalus [sic] Burmeister, 1835 in Metcalf, 1963c: 248.
Acecephalus [sic] Burmeister, 1835 in Metcalf, 1963c: 248.
Acocephalis [sic] Burmeister, 1835 in Metcalf, 1963c: 249.
Accephalus [sic] Burmeister, 1835 (misspelling of Acocephalus [sic] Germar, 1833) in Metcalf, 1963c: 248.
Acecephalus [sic] Burmeister, 1835 (misspelling of Acocephalus [sic] Germar, 1833) in Metcalf, 1963c: 248.
Acocephalis [sic] Burmeister, 1835 (misspelling of Acocephalus [sic] Germar, 1833) in Metcalf, 1963c: 249.
Tocephalus [sic] Burmeister, 1835 in Evans, 1966a: 134.

Tocephalus [sic] Burmeister, 1835 (misspelling of Acocephalus [sic] Germar, 1833) in Evans, 1966a: 134.
Aphrodes Curtis, 1831 in Dmitriev, Dietrich, Lemaȋtre & Webb, 2025: 64.

Type

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Greek: αφρώδης (sparkling, foamy) (probably, for the similarity with spittle bugs) (according to Greek dictionary, it could be used either as masculine or feminine; Curtis, 1831 treated the name as feminine)

Nomenclature references (22)

Agassiz, J.L.R. (1848a) Nomenclatoris Zoologici Index Universalis, continens nomina systematica classium, ordinum, familiarum et generum animalium omnium, tam viventum quam fossilium, secundum ordinem alphabeticum anicum disposita, adjectus homonymus plantarum. In Sumptibus Jent et Gassmann. Soloduri. i-x, 1-1135. Sumptibus Jent et Gassmann. Soloduri. x + 1135.
Bellevoye, A. (1866a) Catalogue des Hémiptères du Département de la Moselle. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle du Département de la Moselle, 10, 115–152.
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Brischke, C.G.A. (1871a) Verzeichniss der Wanzen und Zirpen der Provinz Preussen. Schriften der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Danzig. (N.F.), 3(4), 26–40. [separate paged 1-15]

Britton, W.E. (1920a) Check-list of the insects of Connecticut. Bulletin of the State Geological and Natural History Survey of Connecticut., 31, 1–397.

Buckton, G.B. (1891b) Monograph of the British Cicadae, or Tettigiidae, illustrated by more than four hundred coloured drawings. Macmillan. London, Vol. 2, Issue VI, pp. 49–96 + pls. xlix-lviii.

Burmeister, H.C.C. (1835a) Schnabelkerfe. Rhynchota. In Handbuch der Entomologie. Gustav Reimer, Berlin. Vol. 2, Issue 1, pp. 99–183. [1832-1855]

Curtis, J. (1831a) Homoptera. In A guide to an arrangement of British insects: being a catalogue of all the named species hitherto discovered in Great Britain and Ireland. F. Westley and A. H. Davis, M. Sherwood and Co., Simpkin and Marshall, London. Issues 6-7, pp. 189–194. [1929; 256 columns]

Dmitriev, D.A., Dietrich, C.H., Lemaȋtre, V.A. & Webb, M.D. (2025) Case 3862 – Aphrodes Curtis, 1831 (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Aphrodinae, Aphrodini): proposed conservation of usage by designation of Cicada bicincta Schrank, 1776 as the type species. The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 82, 64–72. https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v82.a013

Evans, J.W. (1955a) Cicadellidae (Hemiptera Homoptera). Exploration du Parc National de l’Upemba, mission G.F. de Witte en collaboration avec W. Adam, A. Janssens, L. Van Meel et R. Verheyen (1946-1949), 37, 1–44.

Evans, J.W. (1966a) The leafhoppers and froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand (Homoptera: Cicadelloidea and Cercopoidea). Memoirs of the Australian Museum, 12, 1–347.

Flor, G.A.A. (1861a) Die Rhynchoten Livlands in systematischer Folge beschrieben. Zweiter Theil: Rhynchota gulaerostria Zett. (Homoptera Aut.). Cicadina und Psyllodea. Archiv für die Naturkunde Liv-, Ehst- und Kurlands. Zweite Serie, Biologische Naturkunde, 4, 1–567. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.12430

Germar, E.F. (1833a) Conspectus generum Cicadariarum. Revue Entomologique, publiée par Gustave Silbermann, 1, 174–184.

Halbert, J.N. (1935a) A list of the Irish Hemiptera (Heteroptera and Cicadina). Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. (Sec. B, Biological, Geological, and Chemical Science)., 42, 211–318.

Haupt, H. (1928a) "Rhynchota-Homoptera." In Zoologische Streifzüge in Attika, Morea und besonders auf der Insel Kreta II. Abhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins zu Bremen, 27, 91–92.

Horváth, G. (1891b) Hemipterološki izlet u Primorje i na Plitvička jezera. Glasnik Hrvatskoga Naravoslovnoga Družtva. Societas Historico-Naturalis Croatica, 6, 29–49.

Kirkaldy, G.W. (1901d) On the nomenclature of the genera of the Rhynchota, Heteroptera and auchenorrhynchous Homoptera. Entomologist, 34, 176–179.

Kirkaldy, G.W. (1901e) On the nomenclature of the genera of the Rhynchota, Heteroptera and auchenorrhynchous Homoptera. Entomologist, 34, 218–219.

Kirkaldy, G.W. (1903c) On the nomenclature of the genera of the Rhynchota; Heteroptera and auchenorrhynchous Homoptera. The Entomologist, 36, 213–216.

Melichar, L. (1896a) Cicadinen (Hemiptera - Homoptera) von Mittel-Europa. Berlin: Dames, XXVII+364 pp. + 12 pls.

Metcalf, Z.P. (1963c) General catalogue of the Homoptera. Fascicle VI. Cicadelloidea. Part 8. Aphrodidae. USDA, Washington, D.C., 268 pp.

Thomson, C.G. (1862a) 2: A afdelningen Homoptera. In Skandinaviens inseckter: en handbok i entomologi, till allmänna läroverkens tjenst. Malmström & Komp's Boktryckeri. Lund. pp. 122–128. [xx + 392 pp. + 1 pl.]
Zetterstedt, J.W. (1837a) Insecta Lapponica. Leopoldi Voss, Lipsiae, Vol. 1, Issue 2, vi + 10–1139 columns. [1840; Ordo III. Hemiptera: 286-306]

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon	Valid names
Rank	Extant	Fossil	Invalid	Total
genus	1	0	18	19
species	18	0	132	150