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Genus

Bothrogonia Melichar, 1926 (Nomen dubium)

Habitus, lateral view on Bothrogonia Melichar, 1926: Bothrogonia sp., nymph @ Taiwan, by D. M. Takiya. (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Bothrogonia Melichar, 1926: Bothrogonia sp., nymph @ Taiwan, by D. M. Takiya. (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (14)

  • Bothrogonia Melichar, 1926a: 341. (nomen dubium in Young, 1986a: 617)

    type species by subsequent designation Cicada ferruginea Fabricius, 1787 in China, 1938d: 183

  • Megalotettigella Ishihara, 1953b: 16.

    type species by original designation Cicada ferruginea Fabricius, 1787

  • Bothogonia [sic] Melichar, 1926 in Kim & Lee, 1991: 59.
  • Bothogonia [sic] Melichar, 1926 (misspelling of Bothrogonia Melichar, 1926) in Kim & Lee, 1991: 59.

Nomenclature references (8)

  • Melichar, L. (1926a) Monographie der Cicadellinen. III. Annales Musei Historico-Naturalis Hungarici, 23, 273–394.
  • China, W.E. (1938d) Melichar's "Monographie der Cicadellinen". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (Ser. 11), 2, 182–185.
  • Ishihara, T. (1953b) A tentative check list of the superfamily Cicadelloidea of Japan (Homoptera). Scientific Reports of the Matsuyama Agricultural College, 11, 1–72.
  • Ishihara, T. (1954f) Homopterous notes. Scientific Reports of the Matsuyama Agricultural College, 14, 1–28.
  • Ishihara, T. (1962a) The black-tipped leafhopper Bothrogonia ferruginea Auct., of Japan and Formosa. Japanese Journal of Applied Entomology and Zoology, 6(4), 289–292.
  • Yang, C.-K. & Li, F.-S. (1980a) Notes on Bothrogonia (Homoptera, Cicadellidae) with descriptions of 22 new species from China. Entomotaxonomia, 2(3), 191–213. [in Chinese]
  • Young, D.A., Jr. (1986a) Taxonomic study of the Cicadellinae (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Part 3. Old World Cicadellini. Technical Bulletin of the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station, 281, 1–639.
  • Kim, J.I. & Lee, O.J. (1991) Changes in insect fauna due to urbanization of Suwon city. Bulletin of the Korean Association for Conservation of Nature, 11, 49–105. [in Korean]

Type

type species by subsequent designation of Bothrogonia Melichar, 1926

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Greek: βόθρος (pit) + Tettigonia

Image matrix

No descendants observations found

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1078
Species480116164