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Habitus, dorsal view: !! display not done !! on Nigridonus Oman, 1949: Nigridonus illumina, dorsal habitus (NMNH). (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view: !! display not done !! on Nigridonus Oman, 1949: Nigridonus illumina, dorsal habitus (NMNH). (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view: !! display not done !! on Nigridonus Oman, 1949: Nigridonus illumina, lateral habitus (NMNH). (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (3)

  • Nigridonus Oman, 1949a: 125.

    type species by original designation Eutettix (Mesamia) illumina Ball, 1909

  • Nigridonus Oman, 1949 (classified as Platymetopiina Haupt, 1929) in Hamilton, 1975b: 495.
  • Nigridonus Oman, 1949 (classified as Athysanini Van Duzee, 1892) in Zahniser & Dietrich, 2013a: 43.

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.
  • Zahniser, J.N. & Dietrich, C.H. (2013a) A review of the tribes of Deltocephalinae (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae). European Journal of Taxonomy, 45, 1–211. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2013.45

References cited (0)

Type

type species by original designation of

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Latin: niger (black) + Colladonus

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.
Taxon Valid names
Rank Extant Fossil Invalid Total
genus1001
species1034