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Habitus, dorsal view on Aligia Ball, 1907: Aligia jucunda, dorsally (NMNH). (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Aligia Ball, 1907: Aligia jucunda, dorsally (NMNH). (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Aligia Ball, 1907: Aligia alvona, dorsal habitus (OCUC). (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Aligia Ball, 1907: Aligia alvona, lateral habitus (OSUC). (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Aligia Ball, 1907: Aligia jucunda, laterally (NMNH). (Observation).
Head on Aligia Ball, 1907: Aligia jucunda, head, pronotum, and mesonotum, dorsally. (Observation).
Head on Aligia Ball, 1907: Aligia jucunda, face. (Observation).
Forewing on Aligia Ball, 1907: Aligia jucunda, forewing. (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (3)

  • Eutettix (Aligia) Ball, 1907a: 53.

    type species by original designation Jassus [sic] jucundus Uhler, 1877

  • Aligia Ball, 1907 in Waterhouse, 1912: 10.
  • Eutettix (Aligia) Ball, 1907 (classified as Platymetopiina Haupt, 1929) in Hamilton, 1975b: 494.

Nomenclature references (3)

  • Ball, E.D. (1907a) The genus Eutettix with especial reference to E. tenella, the beet leaf hopper: a taxonomic, biologic and economic study of the North American forms. Proceedings of the Davenport Academy of Natural Sciences, 12, 27–94.
  • 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.
  • Waterhouse, C.O. (1912) Index Zoologicus No. II. An alphabetical list of names of genera and subgenera proposed for use in zoology as recorded in the "Zoological record," vols. 38-47, inclusive (1901-1910) and the zoology volumes of the "International Catalogue of Scientific Literature", annual issues 1-10, together with other names not included in previous nomenclators. D. Sharp (Ed.). Printed for the Society, and sold at their house in Regent’s Park, London, vi + 1–324. [in English]

Type

type species by original designation of Aligia Ball, 1907

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

modified from Allygus

Image matrix

No descendants observations found

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1012
Species3402256