species

Mesoptyelus nigrifrons Matsumura, 1904

Descendants and synonyms

Mesoptyelus nigrifrons Matsumura, 1904a: 49.
Lectotype; male; KGAH-55; deposited at: Entomological Institute, Hokkaido University (EIHU); Japan, Honshu: Hakone, 7/27
Philaronia nigrifrons (Matsumura, 1904) in Anufriev & Emeljanov, 1988a: 302.

Anufriev, G.A. & Emeljanov, A.F. (1988a) Suborder Cicadinea (Auchenorrhyncha). [Подотряд Cicadinea (Auchenorrhyncha) – Цикадовые]. In P.A. Lehr (Ed.). Keys to the insects of the Far East of the USSR. Nauka, Leningrad (Russia). Vol. 2, pp. 12–495. [in Russian; 972pp.; translated into English by U.S. Department of Agriculture, 2001, Vol. 2, pp. 4-496]
Komatsu, T. & Hayashi, M. (1998) Type specimens of Matsumura's species of Cercopoidea in the Hokkaido University insect collection, Japan (Homoptera: Auchenorrhyncha). Insecta Matsumurana, 54, 167–186.

Matsumura, S. (1904a) Additamenta zur Monographie der Cercopiden Japans, mit der Beschreibung einer neuen Cicada-Art. Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses, 5, 31–54.

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Latin: black face

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon	Valid names
Rank	Extant	Fossil	Invalid	Total
species	1	0	1	2