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Habitus, dorsal view on Phera lacerta Fowler, 1899: male: Phera lacerta, Mexico, Oaxaca, INHS. (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Phera lacerta Fowler, 1899: male: Phera lacerta, Mexico, Oaxaca, INHS. (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Phera lacerta Fowler, 1899: female: Phera lacerta, Costa Rica, INHS. (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Phera lacerta Fowler, 1899: female: Phera lacerta, Mexico, Chiapas, INHS. (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Phera lacerta Fowler, 1899: (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (4)

  • Phera lacerta Fowler, 1899b: 225.

    Lectotype; female; bb352729-f679-492f-b7a7-084328c6257f; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Mexico: Chilpancingo, Guerrero, 4,600 ft., October, H.H. Smith

  • Homalodisca lacerta (Fowler, 1899) in Melichar, 1924a: 235.
  • Homalodisca lacerta (Fowler, 1899) in Young, 1968a: 199.
  • Phera lacerta Fowler, 1899 in Burks & Redak, 2003a: 674.

Nomenclature references (5)

  • Fowler, W.W. (1899b) Order Rhynchota. Suborder Hemiptera-Homoptera. (Continued). In Biologia Centrali-Americana; or, Contributions to the knowledge of the fauna and flora of Mexico and Central America. Porter. London. Vol. 2, Issue 1, pp. 225–232 + pl. 14. [xii + 339 pp. + 21 pls.]
  • Melichar, L. (1924a) Monographie der Cicadellinen. I. Annales Musei Historico-Naturalis Hungarici, 21, 195–243. [separate paged 1-49]
  • 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.
  • Burks, R.A. & Redak, R.A. (2003a) The identity and reinstatement of Homalodisca liturata Ball and Phera lacerta Fowler (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 105, 674–678.
Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Latin: lizard

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1012