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genus

Graphocephala Van Duzee, 1916

Habitus, dorsal view: !! display not done !! on Graphocephala Van Duzee, 1916: Graphocephala aurora @ U.S.A. (AZ), by Andy Hamilton. (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view: !! display not done !! on Graphocephala Van Duzee, 1916: Graphocephala aurora @ U.S.A. (AZ), by Andy Hamilton. (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view: !! display not done !! on Graphocephala Van Duzee, 1916: Graphocephala sp. @ Costa Rica, by Gernot Kunz. (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (15)

  • Graphocephala Van Duzee, 1916a: 66.

    type species by original designation Cicada coccinea Forster, 1771

  • Graphocelphala [sic] Van Duzee, 1916 in Osborn, 1928b: 204.
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  • Graphlocelphala [sic] Van Duzee, 1916 in Oman, Knight & Nielson, 1990a: 215.
  • Graphlocelphala [sic] Van Duzee, 1916 (misspelling of Graphocephala Van Duzee, 1916) in Oman, Knight & Nielson, 1990a: 215.

Type

Cicada coccinea Forster, 1771 type species by original designation of Graphocephala Van Duzee, 1916

Image matrix

No descendants observations found
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Greek: γραφή (drawing, painting) + κεφαλή (head)

Nomenclature references (7)

  • DeLong, D.M. & Caldwell, J.S. (1937c) Check list of the Cicadellidae (Homoptera) of America, north of Mexico. Ohio State University, Columbus, IV + 93 pp.
  • Dowdy, W.W. (1955a) An hibernal study of Arthropoda with reference to hibernation. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 48, 76–83.
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  • Oman, P.W. (1949a) The Nearctic leafhoppers (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). A generic classification and check list. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Washington, 3, 1–253.
  • 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.
  • Osborn, H. (1928b) Leafhoppers of Ohio (Cicadellidae). Bulletin of the Ohio Biological Survey, 3(4), 199–374.
  • Van Duzee, E.P. (1916a) Check list of Hemiptera (excepting the Aphididae, Aleurodidae and Coccidae) of America North of Mexico. New York Entomological Society, New York, xi + 111.
  • Young, D.A., Jr. (1977a) Taxonomic study of the Cicadellinae (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Part 2. New World Cicadellini and the genus Cicadella. Technical Bulletin of the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station, 239, 1–1135.

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon Valid names
Rank Extant Fossil Invalid Total
genus1078
species600160220