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Molomea xanthocephala (Germar, 1821)

Habitus, dorsal view: !! display not done !! on Molomea xanthocephala (Germar, 1821): Specimen from Parque Nacional do Itatiaia, Southeastern Brazil, by C. M. F. Silva 2014. (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view: !! display not done !! on Molomea xanthocephala (Germar, 1821): Specimen from Parque Nacional do Itatiaia, Southeastern Brazil, by C. M. F. Silva 2014. (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view: !! display not done !! on Molomea xanthocephala (Germar, 1821): Specimen from Parque Nacional do Itatiaia, Southeastern Brazil, by C. M. F. Silva 2014. (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (24)

  • Tettigonia xanthocephala Germar, 1821a: 63.
  • Proconia terminalis Walker, 1851b: 786.

    Lectotype; male; da2fec0d-a3bc-4b75-95cd-1274e6bca96d; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK);

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  • Proconia terminalis Walker, 1851 (subjective synonym of Tettigonia xanthocephala Germar, 1821) in Young, 1968a: 242.
  • Molomea xanthocephala (Germar, 1821) in Young, 1968a: 242.

Nomenclature references (12)

  • Berg, C. (1884a) Addenda et emendanda ad Hemiptera Argentina (Continuatio). Anales de la Sociedad Científica Argentina, 17, 20–41.
  • Christensen, J.R. (1942b) Algunos cicadelidos de la Argentina y Bolivia. Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina, 11, 336–339.
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  • Germar, E.F. (1821a) Bemerkungen über einige Gattungen der Cicadarien. Magazin der Entomologie, 4, 1–106.
  • Melichar, L. (1925a) Monographie der Cicadellinen. II. Annales Musei Historico-Naturalis Hungarici, 22, 329–410.
  • Metcalf, Z.P. (1965a) General catalogue of the Homoptera. Fascicle VI. Cicadelloidea. Part 1. Tettigellidae. Washington, D.C., USDA, II+730 pp.
  • Schmidt, E. (1928c) Die Cicadellinen des Stettiner Museums. (Hemiptera-Homoptera). II. Wiener Entomologische Zeitung, 45, 53–90.
  • 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.
  • Signoret, V.A. (1854b) Revue iconographique des Tettigonides. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, (3 série), 2(2), 341–366 + pls. 11–12.
  • 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.
  • Walker, F. (1858b) Supplement. List of the specimens of homopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. London: Order of Trustees, Suppl. 307 pp.
  • 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. (1968a) Taxonomic study of the Cicadellinae (Homoptera, Cicadellidae). Part 1. Proconiini. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 261, i-vi+1–287.
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Greek: ξανθός (yellow) + κεφαλή (head)

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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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