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genus

Orientus DeLong, 1938

Habitus, dorsal view: !! display not done !! on Orientus DeLong, 1938: Orientus ishidae, dorsal habitus (INHS). (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view: !! display not done !! on Orientus DeLong, 1938: Orientus ishidae, dorsal habitus (INHS). (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view: !! display not done !! on Orientus DeLong, 1938: Orientus ishidae, lateral habitus (INHS). (Observation).
Head: !! display not done !! on Orientus DeLong, 1938: Orientus ishidae, face. (Observation).
Head: !! display not done !! on Orientus DeLong, 1938: Orientus ishidae, head, pronotum, and mesonotum, dorsally. (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (7)

  • Orientus DeLong, 1938b: 217.

    type species by original designation Phlepsius ishidae Matsumura, 1902

  • Phlepsius (Orientus) DeLong, 1938f: 233.
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  • Orienthus [sic] DeLong, 1938 (misspelling of Orientus DeLong, 1938) in Schlitt, Lajtár & Orosz, 2024: 43.
  • Orientus DeLong, 1938 (incertae sedis in Selenocephalidae Fieber, 1872) in Zahniser, Dietrich, Cao, Dmitriev & Pinedo-Escatel, 2026: 31.

Type

Phlepsius ishidae Matsumura, 1902 type species by original designation of Orientus DeLong, 1938

Image matrix

No descendants observations found
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Latin: orientalis (eastern)

Nomenclature references (6)

  • DeLong, D.M. (1938b) A new genus and four new species of Cicadellidae (Homoptera) from the United States. The Ohio Journal of Science, 38, 217–218.
  • DeLong, D.M. (1938f) The genus Phlepsius. A study of the North American species with special reference to the characters of the male genitalia. Lloydia, 1, 232–252.
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  • 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.
  • Schlitt, B.P., Lajtár, L. & Orosz, A. (2024) New grape-feeding leafhoppers in Hungary – first records of Erasmoneura vulnerata (Fitch, 1851) and Arboridia kakogawana (Matsumura, 1931) (Hemiptera: Clypeorrhyncha: Cicadellidae). Folia Entomologica Hungarica, 85, 41–52. https://doi.org/10.17112/foliaenthung.2024.85.41
  • 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
  • Zahniser, J.N., Dietrich, C.H., Cao, Y.-H., Dmitriev, D.A. & Pinedo-Escatel, J.A. (2026) New tribal placements, reinstatements and synonymies in the leafhopper subfamily Deltocephalinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae). European Journal of Taxonomy, 1035, 1–51. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2026.1035.3171

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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
genus1023
species20810