World Auchenorrhyncha Database (WAD)
genus

Ladoffa Young, 1977

Habitus, dorsal view: !! display not done !! on Ladoffa Young, 1977: Ladoffa sp. @ Costa Rica, by Gernot Kunz. (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view: !! display not done !! on Ladoffa Young, 1977: Ladoffa sp. @ Costa Rica, by Gernot Kunz. (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view: !! display not done !! on Ladoffa Young, 1977: Ladoffa arcuata @ Costa Rica, by Steve Marshall. (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (3)

  • Ladoffa Young, 1977a: 339.

    type species by original designation Tettigonia ignota Walker, 1851

  • Ladofa [sic] Young, 1977 in Keil & Lozada, 2021: 29.
  • Ladofa [sic] Young, 1977 (misspelling of Ladoffa Young, 1977) in Keil & Lozada, 2021: 29.

Type

Tettigonia ignota Walker, 1851 type species by original designation of Ladoffa Young, 1977

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

in honor of Sonia Ladoff

Nomenclature references (2)

  • Keil, C.B. & Lozada, P.W. (2021) Cicadellinae of Ecuador and Cicadellidae of Galápagos. Neotropical Biodiversity, 7(1), 23–38. [2020] https://doi.org/10.1080/23766808.2020.1863758
  • 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
genus1012
species4302063