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Habitus, lateral view: !! display not done !! on Bothrogonia Melichar, 1926: Bothrogonia sp., nymph @ Taiwan, by D. M. Takiya. (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view: !! display not done !! 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

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

Type

Cicada ferruginea Fabricius, 1787 type species by subsequent designation of Bothrogonia Melichar, 1926

Image matrix

No descendants observations found
Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Greek: βόθρος (pit) + Tettigonia

Nomenclature references (8)

  • 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.
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  • Ishihara, T. (1954f) Homopterous notes. The 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.
  • 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]
  • Melichar, L. (1926a) Monographie der Cicadellinen. III. Annales Musei Historico-Naturalis Hungarici, 23, 273–394.
  • 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.

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
genus1078
species480113161