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Habitus, dorsal view on Erythrogonia Melichar, 1926: Erythrogonia sp. [pro. taklara] @ Costa Rica, by Gernot Kunz. (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Erythrogonia Melichar, 1926: Erythrogonia sp. [pro. taklara] @ Costa Rica, by Gernot Kunz. (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Erythrogonia Melichar, 1926: Erythrogonia sp. [prob. nov. near jumaca] @ Bolivia, by Steve Marshall. (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (9)

  • Erythrogonia Melichar, 1926a: 373.

    type species by original designation Cicada laeta Fabricius, 1787

  • Eythrogonia [sic] Melichar, 1926 in Guagliumi, 1955a: 102.
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  • Erythogonia [sic] Melichar, 1926
  • Erythogonia [sic] Melichar, 1926 (misspelling of Erythrogonia Melichar, 1926)

Nomenclature references (5)

  • Cavichioli, R.R. (2008a) A new Neotropical sharpshooter genus Spinagonalia (Insecta, Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Cicadellinae) with description of a new species from Citrus orchards and grapevines. Zootaxa, 1746, 61–64.
  • Freytag, P.H. (2015a) Twenty-one new species of leafhoppers in the genus Erythrogonia (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellinae) from South America. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 141(3), 369–403.
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  • Guagliumi, P. (1955a) Suplemento a la lista de los insectos de la caña de Azucar en Venezuela (1953-1955). Agronomia Tropical, 5, 99–104.
  • Mejdalani, G.L.F. & Cavichioli, R.R. (2016) A remarkable new species of the sharpshooter genus Erythrogonia Melichar (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellini) from southern Brazil with taxonomic notes on the genus. Zootaxa, 4173(5), 483–488. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4173.5.5
  • Melichar, L. (1926a) Monographie der Cicadellinen. III. Annales Musei Historico-Naturalis Hungarici, 23, 273–394.

Type

type species by original designation of Erythrogonia Melichar, 1926

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Greek: ἐρυθρός (red) + Tettigonia

Image matrix

No descendants observations found

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1045
Species95068163