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Habitus, dorsal view: !! display not done !! on Egidemia China, 1927: Egidemia sp. @ Costa Rica, by Gernot Kunz. (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view: !! display not done !! on Egidemia China, 1927: Egidemia sp. @ Costa Rica, by Gernot Kunz. (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (8)

  • Oncometopia (Dichometopia) Melichar, 1925a: 406.

    type species by original designation Oncometopia anceps Fowler, 1899

  • Oncometopia (Dichometopia) Melichar, 1925 (homonym of Dichometopia Schiner, 1868)
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  • Oncometopia (Egidemia) China, 1927 in Metcalf, 1965a: 595.
  • Neometopia Schröder, 1959 (subjective synonym of Egidemia China, 1927) in Young, 1968a: 176.

Nomenclature references (5)

  • China, W.E. (1927d) Preliminary remarks on Melichar's "Monographie der Cicadellinen" (Hemipt. Jassoidea). Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 9), 20, 281–283.
  • Melichar, L. (1925a) Monographie der Cicadellinen. II. Annales Musei Historico-Naturalis Hungarici, 22, 329–410.
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  • Metcalf, Z.P. (1965a) General catalogue of the Homoptera. Fascicle VI. Cicadelloidea. Part 1. Tettigellidae. Washington, D.C., USDA, II+730 pp.
  • Schröder, H. (1959a) Taxonomische und tiergeographische Studien an Neotropischen Zikaden (Cicadellidae, Tettigellinae). (Taxonomic and zoogeogeogrical studies on Neotropical Cicadellidae.). Abhandlungen Senckenbergischen Naturforchenden Gesellschaft, 499, 1–93.
  • Young, D.A., Jr. (1968a) Taxonomic study of the Cicadellinae (Homoptera, Cicadellidae). Part 1. Proconiini. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 261, i-vi+1–287.

Type

type species by original designation of

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Greek: αἰγῐ́ς, αἰγῐ́δος (shield of Zeus) + ένας, μια (one)

Image matrix

No descendants observations found

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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
genus1045
species902635