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Species

Xestocephalus superbus (Provancher, 1890)

Habitus, dorsal view on Xestocephalus superbus (Provancher, 1890): (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Xestocephalus superbus (Provancher, 1890): (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Xestocephalus pulicarius Van Duzee, 1894 now Xestocephalus superbus (Provancher, 1890): (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Xestocephalus superbus (Provancher, 1890): (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Xestocephalus pulicarius Van Duzee, 1894 now Xestocephalus superbus (Provancher, 1890): (Observation).
Habitus ventral view on Xestocephalus superbus (Provancher, 1890): (Observation).
Head on Xestocephalus superbus (Provancher, 1890): (Observation).
Other on Xestocephalus superbus (Provancher, 1890): (Observation).
Other on Xestocephalus pulicarius Van Duzee, 1894 now Xestocephalus superbus (Provancher, 1890): (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (11)

  • Deltocephalus superbus Provancher, 1890b: 339. (valid in Chandler & Hamilton, 2017a: 785)

    Lectotype; male; 57a38dda-1295-4e36-b29b-b4d3c41c941e; deposited at: Laval University Entomological Collection (LUEC); Canada: Quebec

  • Xestocephalus pulicarius Van Duzee, 1894f: 215.

    Holotype; adult; 17e4aeb3-262f-4bc4-af93-62ef1518e723; deposited at: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (USNM); U.S.A.: New York, Lachaster

  • Deltocephalus superbus Provancher, 1890 (subjective synonym of Athysanus desertorum Berg, 1879) in Cwikla, 1985a: 202.
  • Deltocephalus superbus Provancher, 1890 in Chandler & Hamilton, 2017a: 785.

Nomenclature references (10)

  • Berg, C. (1879c) Hemiptera Argentina (Continuacion). Anales de la Sociedad Científica Argentina, 8, 241–272.
  • Provancher, L. (1890b) Additions et corrections. In Petite faune entomologique du Canada, précédée d'un traité élémentaire d'entomologie. Vol. 3, pp. 335–340.
  • Van Duzee, E.P. (1894f) Descriptions of some new North American homopterous insects. Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences, 5(4), 205–216.
  • Osborn, H. (1932a) Supplemental records and notes on Ohio leafhoppers. The Ohio Journal of Science, 32(6), 513–517.
  • Oman, P.W. (1938b) A generic revision of American Bythoscopinae and South American Jassinae. The Kansas University Science Bulletin, 24(16), 343–420. [1936]
  • Caldwell, J.S. & Martorell, L.F. (1952a) Review of the Auchenorynchous Homoptera of Puerto Rico. Part I. Cicadellidae. The Journal of the Department of Agriculture of Puerto Rico, 34(1), 1–132, i-viii. [1950]
  • Linnavuori, R.E. (1959b) Revision of the Neotropical Deltocephalinae and some related subfamilies (Homoptera). Annales Zoologici Societatis Zoologicae-Botanicae Fennicae 'Vanamo', 20(1), 1–370.
  • Hamilton, K.G.A. (1976a) Cicadellidae (Rhynchota: Homoptera) described by Provancher, with notes on his publications. Le Naturaliste Canadien, 103, 29–45.
  • Cwikla, P.S. (1985a) Classification of the genus Xestocephalus (Homoptera: Cicadellidae) for North and Central America including the West Indies. Brenesia, 24, 175–272.
  • Chandler, D.S. & Hamilton, K.G.A. (2017a) Biodiversity and ecology of the leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) of New Hampshire. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 143, 773–971. https://doi.org/10.3157/061.143.0408
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Latin: arrogant, haughty, proud

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
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RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1056