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Habitus, dorsal view on Gaeta gracilis (Metcalf & Bruner, 1944): (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Gaeta gracilis (Metcalf & Bruner, 1944): (Observation).
Other on Gaeta gracilis (Metcalf & Bruner, 1944): (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (2)

  • Leocomia gracilis Metcalf & Bruner, 1944a: 118.

    Holotype; male; c7874d6d-a1be-4d8d-9106-c60eee26164b; deposited at: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (USNM); Cuba: Camagüey, 30 July 1923, J. Acuña coll.; on Misanteca triandra (Sw.) Mez., a native tree belonging to the Lauraceae

  • Leocomia (Gaeta) gracilis Metcalf & Bruner, 1944 in Hamilton, 2014c: 32.

Nomenclature references (2)

  • Hamilton, K.G.A. (2014c) Revision of Neotropical aphrophorine spittlebugs, part 3: a new Caribbean tribe Leocomiini (Hemiptera, Cercopoidea). Caribbean Naturalist, 11, 1–45.
  • Metcalf, Z.P. & Bruner, S.C. (1944a) The Cercopidae of Cuba. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society, 60(2), 109–127, Plates 58–61.
Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Latin: slender, slim, thin

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1012