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Versigonalia ruficauda (Walker, 1851)

Habitus, dorsal view: !! display not done !! on Versigonalia ruficauda (Walker, 1851): Specimen from Parque Nacional do Itatiaia, Southeastern Brazil, by C. M. F. Silva 2014. (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view: !! display not done !! on Versigonalia ruficauda (Walker, 1851): Specimen from Parque Nacional do Itatiaia, Southeastern Brazil, by C. M. F. Silva 2014. (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view: !! display not done !! on Versigonalia ruficauda (Walker, 1851): Specimen from Parque Nacional do Itatiaia, Southeastern Brazil, by C. M. F. Silva 2014. (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (6)

  • Tettigonia ruficauda Walker, 1851b: 763. (valid in Young, 1977a: 1090)

    Lectotype; female; 60a026c4-b911-4ee9-b14e-96ce3de460e4; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Brazil: Huyutanahan, Rio Purus, Saint Cloudies, January-February 1922

  • Tettigonia ruficauda Walker, 1851 (subjective synonym of Cicada contaminata Fabricius, 1803) in Signoret, 1853b: 341.
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  • Tettigonia consularis Berg, 1879 (subjective synonym of Tettigonia ruficauda Walker, 1851) in Young, 1977a: 1090.
  • Versigonalia ruficauda (Walker, 1851) in Young, 1977a: 1090.

Nomenclature references (6)

  • Berg, C. (1879c) Hemiptera Argentina (Continuacion). Anales de la Sociedad Científica Argentina, 8, 241–272.
  • Metcalf, Z.P. (1965a) General catalogue of the Homoptera. Fascicle VI. Cicadelloidea. Part 1. Tettigellidae. Washington, D.C., USDA, II+730 pp.
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  • Signoret, V.A. (1853b) Revue iconographique des Tettigonides. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, (3 série), 1(2), 323–352 + pls. 8–12.
  • Walker, F. (1851b) List of the specimens of homopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part III. London: Edward Newman, Vol. 3, 637–907.
  • Young, D.A., Jr. (1965c) Cicadelline types in the British Museum (Natural History) (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology, 17(4), 163–199.
  • 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.
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Latin: redish + cauda (tail)

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