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Live specimen on Draeculacephala balli Van Duzee, 1915: (Observation).
Live specimen on Draeculacephala balli Van Duzee, 1915: (Observation).
Live specimen on Draeculacephala balli Van Duzee, 1915: (Observation).
Live specimen on Draeculacephala balli Van Duzee, 1915: (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Draeculacephala balli Van Duzee, 1915: Dorsal. (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Draeculacephala balli Van Duzee, 1915: Lateral. (Observation).
Head on Draeculacephala balli Van Duzee, 1915: Head/Face. (Observation).
Other on Draeculacephala balli Van Duzee, 1915: Labels. Labels for the specimen used for the dorsal, lateral and face images. (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (5)

  • Draeculacephala mollipes 7-guttata Ball, 1900 non Walker, 1851 in Ball, 1900: 68.
  • Draeculacephala mollipes 7-guttata Ball, 1900 non Walker, 1851 (misapplication, linked to Tettigonia septemguttata Walker, 1851)
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  • Draeculacephala mollipes 7-guttata Ball, 1900 non Walker, 1851 (unavailable, linked to Draeculacephala balli Van Duzee, 1915) in Van Duzee, 1917b: 603.
  • Draeculacephala (Draeculacephala) balli Van Duzee, 1915 in Hamilton, 1985a: 93.

Nomenclature references (5)

  • 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.
  • 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.
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  • Van Duzee, E.P. (1915b) The North American species of Draeculacephala (Homoptera). Entomological News, 26, 176–181.
  • 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.
  • Walker, F. (1851b) List of the specimens of homopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part III. London: Edward Newman, Vol. 3, 637–907.
Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

in honor of Elmer Darwin Ball (1870–1943), an American Auchenorrhyncha specialist

Stats

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