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Habitus, dorsal view on Oncometopia (Oncometopia) Stål, 1869: Oncometopia sp. @ Venezuela, by D. M. Takiya. (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Oncometopia (Oncometopia) Stål, 1869: Oncometopia sp. @ Venezuela, by D. M. Takiya. (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Oncometopia (Oncometopia) Stål, 1869: Oncometopia sp. @ Venezuela, by D. M. Takiya. (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Oncometopia (Oncometopia) Stål, 1869: Oncometopia sp. @ Venezuela, by D. M. Takiya. (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Oncometopia (Oncometopia) Stål, 1869: Oncometopia sp. @ Costa Rica, by Gernot Kunz. (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (13)

  • Oncometopia Stål, 1869a: 62.

    type species by subsequent designation Cicada undata Fabricius, 1794 in Distant, 1908b

  • Oncometopia (Parametopia) Melichar, 1925a: 387.

    type species by original designation Cicada orbona Fabricius, 1798

  • Oncometopia (Lebora) China, 1927 (subjective synonym of Oncometopia Stål, 1869) in Young, 1968a: 220.
  • Oncometopia (Parametopia) Melichar, 1925 (subjective synonym of Oncometopia Stål, 1869) in Young, 1968a: 220.

Nomenclature references (7)

  • Stål, C. (1869a) Hemiptera Fabriciana. Fabricianska Hemipterarter, efter de i Köpenhamn och Kiel förvarade typexemplaren granskade och beskrifne. 2. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 8(1), 1–130.
  • Distant, W.L. (1908b) Rhynchotal notes. -- XLIV (concluded). Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (Ser. 8), 2, 57–84.
  • Melichar, L. (1925a) Monographie der Cicadellinen. II. Annales Musei Historico-Naturalis Hungarici, 22, 329–410.
  • 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.
  • Ballou, C.H. (1936a) Insectos observados durante el ano 1934. Boletin Centro Nacional de Agricultura, 20, 1–60.
  • Neave, S.A. (1939b) Nomenclator zoologicus; a list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758, to the end of 1935: Vol. 2. D-L. Zoological Society of London. London, 1025 pp.
  • 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 subsequent designation of Oncometopia (Oncometopia) Stål, 1869

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Greek: όγκος (bulk, mass) + μέτωπο (forehead, frons) + -ία (noun suffix)

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.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Subgenus1067
Species550106161