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World Auchenorrhyncha Database (WAD)
Species

Scaphytopius obliquus (Walker, 1851)

Habitus, dorsal view on Scaphytopius obliquus (Walker, 1851): Male holotype of Platymetopius retusus Van Duzee, 1937, a junior synonym. Photo from CAS. (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Scaphytopius obliquus (Walker, 1851): Male holotype of Platymetopius retusus Van Duzee, 1937, a junior synonym. Photo from CAS. (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Scaphytopius obliquus (Walker, 1851): (Observation).
Head on Scaphytopius obliquus (Walker, 1851): (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (8)

  • Acocephalus [sic] obliquus Walker, 1851b: 851.
  • Deltocephalus obliquus (Walker, 1851) in Stål, 1862b: 495.
  • Platymetopius retusus Van Duzee, 1937 (subjective synonym of Acocephalus [sic] obliquus Walker, 1851) in Sinclair, 2011a: 4.
  • Scaphytopius obliquus (Walker, 1851) in Sinclair, 2011a: 4.

Nomenclature references (7)

  • Champion, G.C. (1924a) The insects of the Galapagos Islands. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 60, 259–260.
  • DeLong, D.M. (1943d) The Mexican leafhoppers of the genera Cloanthanus and Scaphytopius (Homoptera-Cicadellidae). Lloydia., 6, 157–195.
  • Metcalf, Z.P. (1967c) General catalogue of the Homoptera. Fascicle VI. Cicadelloidea. Part 10. Euscelidae. Section III. Washington, D.C.: USDA, 2075–2695 pp.
  • Sinclair, B.J. (2011a) CDF Checklist of Galapagos True bugs - Leafhoppers, planthoppers, aphids and scale insects. - FCD Lista de especies de Chinches de Galápagos. In F. Bungartz, H. Herrera, P. Jaramillo, N. Tirado, G. Jímenez-Uzcategui, D. Ruiz, A. Guézou, & F. Ziemmeck (Eds.). Charles Darwin Foundation Galapagos Species Checklist. Charles Darwin Foundation, Puerto Ayora, Galapagos. pp. 1–26.
  • Stål, C. (1862b) Synonymiska och systematiska anteckningar öfver Hemiptera. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, 19, 479–504.
  • Van Duzee, E.P. (1937a) The Hemiptera of the Templeton Crocker Expedition to Polynesia in 1934-1935. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 22(4), 111–126.
  • Walker, F. (1851b) List of the specimens of homopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part III. London: Edward Newman, Vol. 3, 637–907.
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Latin: slanting, oblique

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1067