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Habitus, dorsal view on Baleja ostrina (Fowler, 1900) now Baleja rufofasciata (Distant, 1879): (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Baleja ostrina (Fowler, 1900) now Baleja rufofasciata (Distant, 1879): (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Baleja rufofasciata (Distant, 1879): (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Baleja detracta (Fowler, 1900) now Baleja rufofasciata (Distant, 1879): (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (11)

  • Tettigonia rufofasciata Distant, 1879b: 63.

    Lectotype; female; 86eb3fe8-1345-4831-8c31-81b106ef8396; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Costa Rica, Cache, H. Rogers, 1911

  • Tettigonia detracta Fowler, 1900a: 258.

    Lectotype; male; 257f550c-db78-4770-90da-3e3ef68f276c; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Bugaba, Panama; Champion

  • Tettigonia ostrina Fowler, 1900 (subjective synonym of Tettigonia rufofasciata Distant, 1879) in Young, 1977a: 298.
  • Baleja rufofasciata (Distant, 1879) in Young, 1977a: 298.

Nomenclature references (6)

  • Distant, W.L. (1879b) Descriptions of some new species of Hemiptera-Homoptera from Central America. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 16, 61–63.
  • Fowler, W.W. (1900a) Order Rhynchota. Suborder Hemiptera-Homoptera. (Continued). In Biologia Centrali-Americana; or, Contributions to the knowledge of the fauna and flora of Mexico and Central America. Porter. London. Vol. 2, Issue 1, pp. 257–264 + pl. 17. [xii + 339 pp. + 21 pls.]
  • Melichar, L. (1932a) Monographie der Cicadellinen. IV. Annales Musei Historico-Naturalis Hungarici, 27, 285–328. [1931]
  • Metcalf, Z.P. (1965a) General catalogue of the Homoptera. Fascicle VI. Cicadelloidea. Part 1. Tettigellidae. Washington, D.C., USDA, II+730 pp.
  • Young, D.A., Jr. (1965c) Cicadelline types in the British Museum (Natural History) (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology, 17(4), 163–199.
  • Young, D.A., Jr. (1977a) Taxonomic study of the Cicadellinae (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Part 2. New World Cicadellini and the genus Cicadella. Technical Bulletin of the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station, 239, 1–1135.
Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Latin: having reddish band

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1089