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Habitus, lateral view on Orthorapha (Orthorapha) cassidioides Westwood, 1832: (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Orthorapha (Orthorapha) cassidioides Westwood, 1832: (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Orthorapha (Orthorapha) cassidioides Westwood, 1832: (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Orthorapha (Orthorapha) cassidioides Westwood, 1832: (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Orthorapha (Orthorapha) cassidioides Westwood, 1832: (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (4)

  • Orthorapha cassidioides Westwood, 1832a: 263.

    Holotype; male; bec10753-cad0-40fd-827c-678ab0ed514d; deposited at: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN); Brazil: Savana [probably Savan[duv]a, which is modern-day Sanaduva in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil]

  • Ulopa cassidioides (Westwood, 1832) in Blanchard, 1840a: 201.
  • Orthorapha cassidioides cassidioides Westwood, 1832 in Schmidt, 1931b: 66.
  • Orthorapha (Orthorapha) cassidioides Westwood, 1832 in Hamilton, 2013a: 213.

Nomenclature references (4)

  • Blanchard, C.É. (1840a) Homoptères. In Histoire naturelle des Insectes Orthoptères, Nèvroptères, Hémiptères, Hyménoptères, Lépidoptères et Diptères. P. Duménil. Imprimerie de Terzuolo. Paris. Vol. 3, pp. 163–201, 9–15 pls. [672 pp. + 71 pls.]
  • Hamilton, K.G.A. (2013a) Revision of Neotropical aphrophorine spittlebugs, part 2: tribe Orthoraphini (Hemiptera, Cercopoidea). Zootaxa, 3710(3), 201–225. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3710.3.1
  • Schmidt, E. (1931b) Homopterologisches aus dem Stettiner Museum für Naturkunde. (Hemiptera-Homoptera). Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung, 48, 65–77.
  • Westwood, J.O. (1832a) The Hemiptera - Ryngota, Fab. In The animal kingdom arranged in conformity with its organization, by the Baron Cuvier; with additional descriptions of all the species hitherto named, and of many not before noticed, by Edward Griffith and others. Whittaker, Treacher & Co. London. V. pp. 216–293.
Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Cassia + -oides (similar to, from Greek: -ίδης, son of)

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1034