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Habitus, dorsal view on Brachypterona Lindberg, 1954: Brachypterona viridismma, dorsally (NCSU). (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Brachypterona Lindberg, 1954: Brachypterona viridismma, dorsally (NCSU). (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Brachypterona Lindberg, 1954: Brachypterona viridismma, laterally (NCSU). (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (2)

  • Brachypterona Lindberg, 1954a: 219.

    type species by original designation Brachypterona viridissima Lindberg, 1954

  • Brachypterona Lindberg, 1954 (incertae sedis in Deltocephali Fieber, 1869) in Zahniser, Dietrich, Cao, Dmitriev & Pinedo-Escatel, 2026: 36.

Nomenclature references (2)

  • Lindberg, H. (1954a) Hemiptera Insularum Canariensium. Systematik, Ökologie und Verbreitung der Kanarischen Heteropteren und Cicadinen. Commentationes Biologicae. Societas Scientiarum Fennica, 14(1), 1–304. [1953]
  • 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 Brachypterona Lindberg, 1954

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Greek: βραχύς (short) + πτερόν (wing)

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
Species3003