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species

Xyphon flaviceps (Riley, 1880)

yellowheaded leafhopper

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (15)

  • Diedrocephala flaviceps Riley, 1880f: 78. (valid in Metcalf, 1965a: 345)

    Lectotype; male; d87cfa87-0b14-4c69-bd46-f0f7c21de5e1; deposited at: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (USNM); U.S.A.: Texas, 1 January-9 February 1976, injuring wheat + oats

  • Diedrocephala flaviceps Riley, 1880a: 78. (nomen nudum: no description)
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  • Diedrocephala flavoceps [sic] (Riley, 1880) in McKamey, 2007: 369.
  • Diedrocephala flavoceps [sic] (Riley, 1880) (misspelling of Diedrocephala flaviceps Riley, 1880) in McKamey, 2007: 369.

Nomenclature references (11)

  • Ball, E.D. (1900) A review of the Tettigonidaae of North America north of Mexico. Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 8(1), 35–75.
  • Catanach, T.A., Dietrich, C.H. & Woolley, J.B. (2013a) A revision of the New World sharpshooter genus Xyphon Hamilton (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellinae). Zootaxa, 3741(4), 490–510.
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  • Hamilton, K.G.A. (1985a) Review of Draeculacephala Ball (Homoptera, Auchenorrhyncha, Cicadellidae). Entomologische Abhandlungen und Berichte aus dem Staatlichen Museum fur Tierkunde in Dresden, 49(5), 83–103.
  • Johnson, C.W. & Fox, W.J. (1892a) List of Homoptera collected in Jamaica, W.I. Entomological News, 3, 59–60.
  • McKamey, S.H. (2007) Taxonomic catalogue of the leafhoppers (Membracoidea). Part 1. Cicadellinae. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 78, 1–394.
  • Metcalf, Z.P. (1965a) General catalogue of the Homoptera. Fascicle VI. Cicadelloidea. Part 1. Tettigellidae. Washington, D.C., USDA, II+730 pp.
  • Nottingham, J.O. (1932a) The genus Carneocephala (Homoptera, Cicadellidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 5, 97–115.
  • Riley, C.V. & Howard, L.O. (1894a) Leaf-hopper damage to winter grain. Insect Life, 6, 267–268.
  • Riley, C.V. (1880a) Leaf-hoppers injuring wheat fields. American Entomologist, 3, 78.
  • Riley, C.V. (1880f) A new leaf-hopper injurious to small grain. American Entomologist, 3, 78.
  • Southwick, E.B. (1892b) Notes on local Bythoscopidae and Cercopidae. Science, 19, 318–319.
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Latin: yellow head

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
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