Genus
Aletta Metcalf, 1952
Descendants and synonyms
Nomenclature (9)
- Palicus Stål, 1866a: 120.
type species by subsequent designation Coelidia lineoligera Stål, 1855 in Evans, 1947a: 195
- Palicus Stål, 1866 (homonym of Palicus Philippi, 1838)
- Alletta [sic] Metcalf, 1952 (misspelling of Aletta Metcalf, 1952) in Theron, 1984c: 314.
- Perophlepsius Heller & Linnavuori, 1968 (unavailable, linked to Aletta Metcalf, 1952) in Lemaître, McKamey & Kment, 2017a: 712.
Nomenclature references (7)
- Evans, J.W. (1947a) A natural classification of leaf-hoppers (Jassoidea, Homoptera). Part 3: Jassidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 98, 105–271.
- Evans, J.W. (1955a) Cicadellidae (Hemiptera Homoptera). Exploration du Parc National de l’Upemba, mission G.F. de Witte en collaboration avec W. Adam, A. Janssens, L. Van Meel et R. Verheyen (1946-1949), 37, 1–44.
- Stål, C. (1866a) Hemiptera Homoptera Latr. In Hemiptera Africana. Vol. 4, pp. 1–276 + pl. 1.
- Theron, J.G. (1984c) Coelidiinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) described from South Africa in the genera Palicus Stål, Equeefa Distant and Aletta Metcalf, with descriptions of new species. Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa, 47(2), 313–327.
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
after Aletta, a Dutch feminine given name
Image matrix
No descendants observations found
Stats
| Taxon | Valid names | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total |
| Genus | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Species | 5 | 0 | 7 | 12 |