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World Auchenorrhyncha Database (WAD)
Genus

Allophleps Bergroth, 1920

Habitus, dorsal view on Allophleps Bergroth, 1920: Allophleps inspersa, dorsally (AMNH). (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Allophleps Bergroth, 1920: Allophleps inspersa, dorsally (AMNH). (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Allophleps Bergroth, 1920: Eutettix elongatus, dorsal habitus (BMNH; labeled as Allophleps). (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Allophleps Bergroth, 1920: Allophleps inspersa, laterally (AMNH). (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Allophleps Bergroth, 1920: Eutettix elongatus, lateral habitus (BMNH; labeled as Allophleps). (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (7)

  • Allophleps Bergroth, 1920a: 27.

    type species by original designation Allophleps inspersa Bergroth, 1920

  • Saudallygus Dlabola, 1979b: 136.

    type species by original designation Saudallygus curvatus Dlabola, 1979

  • Saudallygus Dlabola, 1979 (subjective synonym of Allophleps Bergroth, 1920) in Webb & Viraktamath, 2017: 326.
  • Allophleps Bergroth, 1920 (incertae sedis in Scaphoideini Oman, 1943) in Zahniser, Dietrich, Cao, Dmitriev & Pinedo-Escatel, 2026: 27.

Nomenclature references (8)

  • Bergroth, E.E. (1920a) Hemiptera from British East Africa collected by Prof. E. Lönnberg. Arkiv för Zoologi. Utgifvet af K. Svenska Vetenskapsakademien, 12, 1–30.
  • Dlabola, J. (1979b) Insects of Saudi Arabia. Homoptera. Fauna of Saudi Arabia, 1, 115–139. [in German]
  • Fieber, F.X. (1869a) Synopse der europäischen Deltocephali. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 9, 201–222, pls. 5–6.
  • Kamitani, S. (1999a) The phylogeny of the genera in the tribes Deltocephalini, Paralimnini, and their allies (Homoptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae). Esakia, 39, 65–108.
  • Van Duzee, E.P. (1892d) A synoptical arrangement of the genera of the North American Jassidae, with descriptions of some new species. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 19, 295–307.
  • Webb, M.D. & Viraktamath, C.A. (2017) Nomenclatorial changes in the African leafhopper genus Allophleps (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae). Entomologica Americana, 122(3), 326–332. [2016]
  • 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 Allophleps Bergroth, 1920

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Greek: άλλος (another) + φλέψ (vein)

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
Species3069