genus

Acinopterus Van Duzee, 1892

Descendants and synonyms

Acinopterus Van Duzee, 1892e: 307.
type species by original monotypy Acinopterus acuminatus Van Duzee, 1892
Actinopterus [sic] Van Duzee, 1892 in Woodworth, 1903a: 43.
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Acrinopterus [sic] Van Duzee, 1892 (misspelling of Acinopterus Van Duzee, 1892) in Zoological Record, 1960a: 328.
Acinopterus Van Duzee, 1892 (classified as Platymetopiina Haupt, 1929) in Hamilton, 1975b: 494.

Acinopterus acuminatus Van Duzee, 1892 type species by original monotypy of Acinopterus Van Duzee, 1892

No descendants observations found

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Greek: ἄκαινα (spike, prick) + πτερόν (wing) (referring to pointed wings)

Hamilton, K.G.A. (1975b) Review of the tribal classification of the leafhopper subfamily Aphrodinae (Deltocephalinae of authors) of the Holarctic region (Rhynchota: Homoptera: Cicadellidae). The Canadian Entomologist, 107, 477–498.
Record, Z. (1960a) Zoological Record. 1960. rec. 97, sect. 13. 328-333.
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Van Duzee, E.P. (1892e) The North American Jassidae allied to Thamnotettix. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, 6, 305–310.
Woodworth, C.W. (1903a) A list of the insects of California with synopses, bibliography and synonymy. 80 pp.