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World Auchenorrhyncha Database (WAD)
Genus

Draeculacephala Ball, 1900

Habitus, dorsal view on Draeculacephala Ball, 1900: Draeculacephala sp. @ Costa Rica, by Gernot Kunz. (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Draeculacephala Ball, 1900: Draeculacephala sp. @ Costa Rica, by Gernot Kunz. (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (22)

  • Draeculacephala Ball, 1900: 66.

    type species by original designation Tettigonia mollipes Say, 1831

  • Draculaecephala [sic] Ball, 1900 in Williamson, 1907a: 139.
  • Draeculacephala (Carneocephala) Ball, 1927 in Oman, Knight & Nielson, 1990a: 198.
  • Carneocephala Ball, 1927 (subjective synonym of Draeculacephala Ball, 1900) in Dietrich, 1994a: 96.

Nomenclature references (13)

  • Ball, E.D. (1900) A review of the Tettigonidaae of North America north of Mexico. Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 8(1), 35–75.
  • Williamson, E.B. (1907a) A collecting trip north of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. The Ohio Naturalist, 7, 129–148.
  • Hunter, W.D. (1912a) Some notes on insect abundance in Texas in 1911. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 14, 62–64.
  • Barber, H.S. (1914a) Insects of Florida. Hemiptera-Homoptera. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 33, 495–535.
  • Van Duzee, E.P. (1917b) Catalogue of the Hemiptera of America north of Mexico excepting the Aphididae, Coccidae and Aleurodidae. Technical Bulletin. University of California, College of Agriculture, Agricultural Experiment Station. Entomology. Berkeley, 2, 1–902.
  • Osborn, H. (1926a) Notes on the economic status of certain Cuban Homoptera. Journal of Economic Entomology, 19, 99–106.
  • Osborn, H. (1926c) Faunistic and ecologic notes on Cuban Homoptera. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 19, 335–366 + pls. 30–31.
  • Ball, E.D. (1927c) The genus Draeculacephala and its allies in North America (Rhynchota, Homoptera). Florida Entomologist, 11, 33–40.
  • Nottingham, J.O. (1932a) The genus Carneocephala (Homoptera, Cicadellidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 5, 97–115.
  • McDaniel, B. (1982) The leafhoppers of South Dakota and additional distribution records from 18 states and Canada. Agricultural Experiment Station Technical Bulletins, 62, 1–96.
  • Hamilton, K.G.A. (1985a) Review of Draeculacephala Ball (Homoptera, Auchenorrhyncha, Cicadellidae). Entomologische Abhandlungen und Berichte aus dem Staatlichen Museum fur Tierkunde in Dresden, 49(5), 83–103.
  • Oman, P.W., Knight, W.J. & Nielson, M.W. (1990a) Leafhoppers (Cicadellidae): a bibliography, generic check-list and index to the world literature 1956-1985. CAB International Institute of Entomology, Wallingford, UK. (iv) + 368 pp.
  • Dietrich, C.H. (1994a) Systematics of the leafhopper genus Draeculacephala Ball (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 120(2), 87–112.

Type

type species by original designation of Draeculacephala Ball, 1900

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

after Dracula (a vampire), a character of 1897 Gothic horror novel by Bram Stoker + Greek: 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
Genus101112
Species27085112