genus
Fitchana Oman, 1949
Descendants and synonyms
Nomenclature (3)
- Fitchana Oman, 1949a: 133.
type species by original designation Acocephalus [sic] vitellinus Fitch, 1851
- Fitchana Oman, 1949 (classified as Platymetopiina Haupt, 1929) in Hamilton, 1975b: 494.
- Fitchana Oman, 1949 (classified as Platymetopiini Haupt, 1929) in Oman, Knight & Nielson, 1990a: 213.
Type
Acocephalus [sic] vitellinus Fitch, 1851 type species by original designation of Fitchana Oman, 1949
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
in honor of Asa Fitch (1809–1879), an American historian and entomologist + -ana (related to)
Nomenclature references (3)
- 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.
- Oman, P.W. (1949a) The Nearctic leafhoppers (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). A generic classification and check list. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Washington, 3, 1–253.
- Oman, P.W., Knight, W.J. & Nielson, M.W. (1990a) Leafhoppers (Cicadellidae): a bibliography, generic check-list and index to the world literature 1956-1985. CAB International Institute of Entomology, Wallingford, UK. (iv) + 368 pp.
Stats
| Valid names | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total | |
| genus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| species | 3 | 0 | 21 | 24 | |