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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

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.

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genus1078
species600160220