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Habitus, dorsal view on Desertana DeLong & Martinson, 1973: Desertana arida, dorsal habitus (OSUC). (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Desertana DeLong & Martinson, 1973: Desertana arida, dorsal habitus (OSUC). (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Desertana DeLong & Martinson, 1973: Desertana arida, lateral habitus (OSUC). (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (2)

  • Desertana DeLong & Martinson, 1973b: 125.

    type species by original designation Desertana arida DeLong & Martinson, 1973

  • Desertana DeLong & Martinson, 1973 (incertae sedis in Deltocephali Fieber, 1869) in Zahniser, Dietrich, Cao, Dmitriev & Pinedo-Escatel, 2026: 36.

Nomenclature references (2)

  • DeLong, D.M. & Martinson, C. (1973b) A new genus, Desertana, and two new species of leafhoppers belonging to the Deltocephalinae (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). The Ohio Journal of Science, 73(2), 125–127.
  • 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 Desertana DeLong & Martinson, 1973

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Latin: desertus (deserted) + -ana (related to)

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
Species5005