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Habitus, dorsal view on Allophleps inspersa Bergroth, 1920 now Allophleps eques (Jacobi, 1910): Allophleps inspersa, dorsally (AMNH). (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Allophleps inspersa Bergroth, 1920 now Allophleps eques (Jacobi, 1910): Allophleps inspersa, dorsally (AMNH). (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Allophleps inspersa Bergroth, 1920 now Allophleps eques (Jacobi, 1910): male, lectotype. (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Allophleps eques (Jacobi, 1910): male, lectotype. (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Allophleps eques (Jacobi, 1910): paralectotype, female. (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Allophleps inspersa Bergroth, 1920 now Allophleps eques (Jacobi, 1910): Allophleps inspersa, laterally (AMNH). (Observation).
Head on Allophleps eques (Jacobi, 1910): male, lectotype, dorsal view. (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view on Allophleps eques (Jacobi, 1910): lectotype. (Observation).
Subgenital plate, ventral view on Allophleps eques (Jacobi, 1910): pregenital sternite. (Observation).
Subgenital plate, ventral view on Allophleps inspersa Bergroth, 1920 now Allophleps eques (Jacobi, 1910): ventral view. (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view on Allophleps inspersa Bergroth, 1920 now Allophleps eques (Jacobi, 1910): (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view on Allophleps inspersa Bergroth, 1920 now Allophleps eques (Jacobi, 1910): apex, dorsoposterior view. (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view on Allophleps inspersa Bergroth, 1920 now Allophleps eques (Jacobi, 1910): ventral view. (Observation).
Connective on Allophleps inspersa Bergroth, 1920 now Allophleps eques (Jacobi, 1910): dorsal view. (Observation).
Ovipositor on Allophleps eques (Jacobi, 1910): pregenital sternite. (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (4)

  • Deltocephalus eques Jacobi, 1910b: 132.

    Syntype; male; 77708187-c9b4-42a7-b5eb-877fc503fb5f; deposited at: Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet (NRS); Tanzania: Tanganika, Kilimandjaro, Kibonoto, Kulturzone, 1300-1900 m, September, Sjöstedt. Syntype; female; e5ea4d8d-2de6-48ed-b081-68ca728182d9; deposited at: Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet (NRS); Tanzania: Tanganika, Kilimandjaro, Kibonoto, Niederung, Sjöstedt, 26 September. Syntypes; male, female; a1742260-205b-4c16-9498-c9ab67c2b14d; deposited at: Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet (NRS); Tanzania: Meru, Niederung, November, January

  • Allophleps inspersa Bergroth, 1920a: 28.
  • Allophleps eques (Jacobi, 1910) in Webb & Viraktamath, 2009a: 29.
  • Allophleps inspersa Bergroth, 1920 (subjective synonym of Deltocephalus eques Jacobi, 1910) in Webb & Viraktamath, 2017: 327.

Nomenclature references (4)

  • 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.
  • Jacobi, A.F.V. (1910b) 12 Hemiptera. 7 Homoptera. In Y. Sjöstedt (Ed.). Wissenschaftliche ergebnisse der Schwedischen Zoologischen Expedition nach dem Kilimandjaro, dem Meru und den Umgebenden Massaisteppen Deutsch-Ostafrikas 1905-1906. Akademie der wissenschaften. Vol. 2, pp. 97–136 + I-III pls.
  • Webb, M.D. & Viraktamath, C.A. (2009a) Annotated check-list, generic key and new species of Old World Deltocephalini leafhoppers with nomenclatorial changes in the Deltocephalus group and other Deltocephalinae (Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha, Cicadellidae). Zootaxa, 2163, 1–64.
  • 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]
Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Latin: rider, knight

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1023