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Habitus, dorsal view on Aeternus Distant, 1918: Aeternus sp., dorsally (BMNH). (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Aeternus Distant, 1918: Aeternus sp., dorsally (BMNH). (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Aeternus Distant, 1918: Aeternus sp., laterally (BMNH). (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view on Aeternus Distant, 1918: Aeternus sp., pygofer, laterally (BMNH). (Observation).
Pygofer, dorsal view on Aeternus Distant, 1918: Aeternus sp., pygofer, dorsally (BMNH). (Observation).
Subgenital plate, ventral view on Aeternus Distant, 1918: Aeternus sp., subgenital plates and valve, ventrally (BMNH). (Observation).
Connective on Aeternus Distant, 1918: Aeternus sp., connective, stylus, and aedeagus, dorsally (BMNH). (Observation).
Connective on Aeternus Distant, 1918: Aeternus sp., connective, stylus, and aedeagus, laterally (BMNH). (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (3)

  • Aeternus Distant, 1918b: 50.

    type species by original designation Aeternus hieroglyphicus Distant, 1918

  • Aeternus Distant, 1918 (classified as Athysanini Van Duzee, 1892) in Zahniser & Dietrich, 2013a: 40.
  • Aeternus Distant, 1918 (incertae sedis in Scaphoideini Oman, 1943) in Zahniser, Dietrich, Cao, Dmitriev & Pinedo-Escatel, 2026: 27.

Nomenclature references (3)

  • Distant, W.L. (1918b) Rhynchota. VII. Homoptera: appendix. Heteroptera: addenda. In A.E. Shipley & G.A.K. Marshall (Eds.). The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Taylor & Francis, London. Vol. 7, pp. i-viii + 1–210.
  • Zahniser, J.N. & Dietrich, C.H. (2013a) A review of the tribes of Deltocephalinae (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae). European Journal of Taxonomy, 45, 1–211. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2013.45
  • Zahniser, J.N., Dietrich, C.H., Cao, Y.-H., Dmitriev, D.A. & Pinedo-Escatel, J.A. (2026) New tribal placements, reinstatements and synonymies in the leafhopper subfamily Deltocephalinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae). European Journal of Taxonomy, 1035, 1–51. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2026.1035.3171

Type

type species by original designation of Aeternus Distant, 1918

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Latin: aeternus (eternal, immortal)

Image matrix

No descendants observations found

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1001
Species2002