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Habitus, dorsal view on Ciminius taosus (Ball, 1936): Dorsal. (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Ciminius taosus (Ball, 1936): Dorsal. (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Ciminius taosus (Ball, 1936): Lateral. (Observation).
Head on Ciminius taosus (Ball, 1936): Head/Face. (Observation).
Other on Ciminius taosus (Ball, 1936): Labels. (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (3)

  • Cicadella taosa Ball, 1936a: 20.

    Holotype; female; 22da203f-b1dd-4603-a2a6-02d02558cc26; deposited at: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (USNM); U.S.A., New Mexico: Albuquerque; 1940; ED Ball leg.

  • Ciminius taosa (Ball, 1936) in DeLong & Knull, 1946a: 17.
  • Ciminius taosus (Ball, 1936) in Metcalf, 1965a: 393.

Nomenclature references (4)

  • Ball, E.D. (1936a) Some new species of cicadellian leafhoppers with food plant notes on others. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 49, 17–23.
  • DeLong, D.M. & Knull, D.J. (1946a) Check list of the Cicadellidae (Homoptera) of America, north of Mexico. Ohio State University Press, Columbus, V + 102 pp. [1945]
  • Metcalf, Z.P. (1965a) General catalogue of the Homoptera. Fascicle VI. Cicadelloidea. Part 1. Tettigellidae. Washington, D.C., USDA, II+730 pp.
  • Alasmar, L., Domahovski, A.C. & Cavichioli, R.R. (2025) Morphological-based phylogeny and revision of Ciminius Metcalf and Bruner, 1936 (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny, 83, 231–285. https://doi.org/10.3897/asp.83.e143754
Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

after Taos town (New Mexico, U.S.A.)

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1023