Skip to main content
World Auchenorrhyncha Database (WAD)
Genus

Diedrocephala Spinola, 1850

Nymph on Diedrocephala Spinola, 1850: (Observation).
Nymph on Diedrocephala Spinola, 1850: (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (8)

  • Diedrocephala Spinola, 1850a: 57.

    type species by original monotypy Cicada variegata Fabricius, 1775

  • Tettigonia (Diedrocephala) Spinola, 1850 in Taschenberg, 1884a: 450.
  • Diadrocephala [sic] Spinola, 1850 in Hamilton, 1932a: 242.
  • Diadrocephala [sic] Spinola, 1850 (misspelling of Diedrocephala Spinola, 1850) in Hamilton, 1932a: 242.

Nomenclature references (5)

  • Spinola, M. (1850a) Tavola sinottica dei generi spettanti alla classe degle insetti artroidignati, Flemiptera, Linn. Latr. -Rhyngota, Fab.-Rhynchota, Burm. Memorie della Società Italiana delle Scienze residente in Modena, 25(1), 1–60. [reprinted in 1852 with different page numbers]
  • Taschenberg, E.L. (1884a) Zur Kenntniss der Cicadellinen-Gattung Tettigonia Geoffr. Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaften, 57, 431–455.
  • Valdés Ragués, P. (1910a) Classification Gundlach de Hemipteros Cubanos, Conforme a los Ejemplares que Existen en el Museo del Instituto de 2a. Enseéñanza de la Habana. Anales de la Academia de Ciencias Medicas, Fisicas y Naturales de la Habana, 46, 425–446.
  • Myers, J.G. (1927a) On the nomenclature of New Zealand Homoptera. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 57, 685–690.
  • Hamilton, C.C. (1932a) Investigations of insects injurious to ornamentals. Annual Report of the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, 52, 238–253.

Type

type species by original monotypy of Diedrocephala Spinola, 1850

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Greek: δίεδρος (dihedral, two sided) + κεφαλή (head)

Image matrix

No descendants observations found

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1045
Species1001121