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Oncometopia (Oncometopia) nigricans (Walker, 1851)

black-winged sharpshooter

Habitus, dorsal view: Oncometopia nigricans @ U.S.A. (FL), by S. McCann. (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view: Oncometopia nigricans @ U.S.A. (FL), by S. McCann. (Observation).
Brochosomes: OM184 | U.S.A., Florida, Homestead | 10/15/1946 | Wolfenbarger | USNM. (Observation).
Brochosomes: OM184 | U.S.A., Florida, Homestead | 10/15/1946 | Wolfenbarger | USNM. (Observation).
Brochosomes: OM185 | U.S.A., Florida, Sanford | 6/29/1926 | E. D. Ball | USNM. (Observation).
Brochosomes: OM185 | U.S.A., Florida, Sanford | 6/29/1926 | E. D. Ball | USNM. (Observation).
Brochosomes: OM185 | U.S.A., Florida, Sanford | 6/29/1926 | E. D. Ball | USNM. (Observation).
Brochosomes: OM187 | U.S.A., Florida, Cedar Keys, 1939 | Oman | USNM. (Observation).
Brochosomes: OM185 | U.S.A., Florida, Sanford | 6/29/1926 | E. D. Ball | USNM. (Observation).
Brochosomes: OM184 | U.S.A., Florida, Homestead | 10/15/1946 | Wolfenbarger | USNM. (Observation).
Brochosomes: OM187 | U.S.A., Florida, Cedar Keys, 1939 | Oman | USNM. (Observation).
Brochosomes: OM187 | U.S.A., Florida, Cedar Keys, 1939 | Oman | USNM. (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (10)

  • Proconia nigricans Walker, 1851b: 783. (valid in Young, 1968a: 227)

    Lectotype; male; 5763760b-b56d-44ee-b9ec-52ee22dc6069; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); U.S.A.: E. Florida, St. John's Bluff, E. Doubleday

  • Proconia marginata Walker, 1851b: 785.

    Holotype; male; 6faa0a2c-047f-4635-8b23-503e1010ad43; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); U.S.A.: E. Florida, St. John's Bluff, E. Doubleday

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  • Proconia marginata Walker, 1851 (subjective synonym of Proconia nigricans Walker, 1851) in Young, 1968a: 227.
  • Proconia tenebrosa Walker, 1851 (subjective synonym of Proconia nigricans Walker, 1851) in Young, 1968a: 227.
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Latin: becoming black

Nomenclature references (7)

  • Fabricius, J.C. (1794a) Ryngota. In Entomologia systematica emendata et aucta: secundun classes, ordines, genera, species, adjectis synonimis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. hrist. Gottl. Proft, Hafniae. Vol. 4, pp. 1–57. [472 pp.]
  • 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. (1853d) Revue critique du groupe des Tettigonides et de la tribu des Cercopides. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et appliquée. (Sér. 2), 5, 173–184. [separate paged 1-12]
  • 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. Washington, D.C. 261: i-vi+1-287.

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