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Nigridonus illumina (Ball, 1909)

Habitus, dorsal view: !! display not done !! on Nigridonus illumina (Ball, 1909): Nigridonus illumina, dorsal habitus (NMNH). (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view: !! display not done !! on Nigridonus illumina (Ball, 1909): Nigridonus illumina, dorsal habitus (NMNH). (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view: !! display not done !! on Nigridonus illumina (Ball, 1909): Nigridonus illumina, lateral habitus (NMNH). (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (4)

  • Eutettix (Mesamia) illumina Ball, 1909a: 80.

    Holotype; male; cc4f4791-5233-45bd-bc7d-de3b4c062504; deposited at: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (USNM); U.S.A.: Arizona

  • Mesamia illumina (Ball, 1909) in Van Duzee, 1916a: 69.
  • Aligia illumina (Ball, 1909) in DeLong & Knull, 1946a: 47.
  • Nigridonus illumina (Ball, 1909) in Oman, 1949a: 125.

Nomenclature references (4)

  • Ball, E.D. (1909a) Some new North American Jassidae. The Canadian Entomologist, 41(3), 77–84.
  • DeLong, D.M. & Knull, D.J. (1946a) Check list of the Cicadellidae (Homoptera) of America, north of Mexico. Ohio State University Press, Columbus, V + 102 pp. [1945]
  • 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.
  • Van Duzee, E.P. (1916a) Check list of Hemiptera (excepting the Aphididae, Aleurodidae and Coccidae) of America North of Mexico. New York Entomological Society, New York, xi + 111.

References cited (0)

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Latin: to illuminate, light up, brighten; to adorn

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