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World Auchenorrhyncha Database (WAD)
Species

Philaenus tesselatus Melichar, 1899

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (9)

  • Philaenus tesselatus Melichar, 1899b: 183. (valid in Drosopoulos & Quartau, 2002: 1)

    Holotype; female; d18c8909-8190-4067-a32e-b71c963a4e5e; deposited at: Moravske Muzeum [Moravian Museum], Brno, Czechia (MMBC); Tunis

  • Ptyelus tessellatus [sic] (Melichar, 1899) in Puton, 1899a: 99.
  • Philaenus spumarius tesselatus Melichar, 1899 in Hamilton, 1979a: 131.
  • Philaenus tesselatus Melichar, 1899 in Drosopoulos & Quartau, 2002

Nomenclature references (6)

  • Melichar, L. (1899b) Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Homopteren-Fauna von Tunis. Wiener Entomologische Zeitung, 18, 175–190.
  • Puton, J.B.A. (1899a) Homoptera, Am. Serv. (Gulaerostria Zett Fieb.) Sect. I. Auchenorrhyncha Dumér. (Cicadina Burm.). In Catalogue des Hémiptères (Hétéroptères, Cicadines et Psyllides) de la faune Paléarctique. Bureau de la Société Française d'Entomologie, Caen. 4e Ed., pp. 84–109. [121 pp.]
  • Horváth, G. (1911d) Hemiptera nova vel minus cognita e regione palaearctica. II. Annales Musei Historico-Naturalis Hungarici, 9, 573–610.
  • Nast, J. (1972a) Palaearctic Auchenorrhyncha (Homoptera). An annotated check list. Polish Scientific Publishers, Warszawa, 550 pp.
  • Hamilton, K.G.A. (1979a) Synopsis of the North American Philaenini (Rhynchota: Homoptera: Cercopidae) with a new genus and four new species. The Canadian Entomologist, 111, 127–141.
  • Drosopoulos, A. & Quartau, J.A. (2002) The spittle bug Philaenus tesselatus Melichar, 1899 (Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha, Cercopidae) is a distinct species. Zootaxa, 68, 1–8.
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Latin: tessellatus (mosaic)

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
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RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1045