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Species

Draeculacephala mollipes (Say, 1831)

watercress sharpshooter
Habitus, dorsal view on Draeculacephala mollipes (Say, 1831): (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Draeculacephala mollipes (Say, 1831): (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Draeculacephala mollipes (Say, 1831): (Observation).
Nymph on Draeculacephala mollipes (Say, 1831): (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (19)

  • Tettigonia mollipes Say, 1831b: 312.

    Holotype; adult; 0c0b80e6-ad67-49b5-8065-c5d7d500408a; deposited at: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (USNM); United States of America

  • Tettigonia mellipes [sic] (Say, 1831) in Harris, 1835a: 580.
  • Draeculacephala delongi Young & Davidson, 1959 (subjective synonym of Tettigonia mollipes Say, 1831) in Hamilton, 1985a: 98.
  • Draeculacephala (Draeculacephala) mollipes (Say, 1831) in Hamilton, 1985a: 93.

Nomenclature references (13)

  • Say, T. (1831b) Descriptions of new North American hemipterous insects belonging to the first family of the section Homoptera of Latreille. (Continued). Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 6, 299–314. [1830]
  • Harris, T.W. (1835a) Insects. Omoptera. In Report on the geology, mineralogy, botany, and zoology of Massachusetts. Made and published by order of the government of that state: in four parts: Part I. Economical geology. Part II. Topographical geology. Part III. Scientific geology. Part IV. Catalogues of animals and plants. With a descriptive list of the specimens of rocks and minerals collected for the government. Illustrated by numerous wood cuts and an atlas of plates. By Edward Hitchcock. J.S. and C. Adams, Amherst. Second edition, corrected and enlarged, pp. 553–602. [702 pp.]
  • Fitch, A. (1851a) Catalogue with references and descriptions of the insects collected and arranged for the State Cabinet of Natural History. Annual Report of the Regents of the University on the Condition of the State Cabinet of Natural History, and the Historical and Antiquarian Collection, 4, 43–69.
  • Walker, F. (1858b) Supplement. List of the specimens of homopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. London: Order of Trustees, Suppl. 307 pp.
  • Woodworth, C.W. (1890a) Jassidae of Illinois. Bulletin of the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History, 3, 9–33 + pls. 1–3.
  • 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.
  • Valdés Ragués, P. (1914a) Zoologia Museo Cubano "Gundlach" Catalogo General. In Zoologia Museo Cubano "Gundlach" Catalogo General. Cuba Intelectual, Habana. 152 pp. [5-152 pp.]
  • Brandes, E.W. (1920a) Artificial and insect transmission of sugarcane mosaic. Journal of Agricultural Research, 19, 131–138.
  • Kershaw, J.C. & Muir, F.A.G. (1922a) The genitalia of the auchenorhynchous Homoptera. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 15, 201–210.
  • Osborn, H. (1926c) Faunistic and ecologic notes on Cuban Homoptera. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 19, 335–366 + pls. 30–31.
  • Zimmerman, E.C. (1948a) Homoptera: Auchenorhyncha. In Insects of Hawaii. A manual of the insects of the Hawaiian Islands, including an enumeration of the species and notes on their origin, distribution, hosts, parasites, etc. University of Hawaii Press. Honolulu. Vol. 4. [vii + 268 pp.]
  • Young, D.A., Jr. & Davidson, R.H. (1959a) A review of leafhoppers of the genus Draeculacephala. Technical Bulletin of the United States Department of Agriculture, 1198, 1–32.
  • 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.
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Latin: delicate foot; tender-footed

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species101314